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Vendetta

CHAPTER VI
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'I am tired of you!' she said to him.

'Go! I wish to see you no more.' He was tall and well-made, a powerful fellow; but he staggered, his face grew pale, his lips quivered.

He bent his head a little--turned--and before any hand could stop him he sprung from the edge of the quay into the waves, they closed over his head, for he did not try to swim; he just sunk down, down, like a stone.

Next day his body came ashore, and I bought his clothes for two francs; you shall have them for four." "And what became of the girl ?" I asked.
"Oh, SHE! She laughs all day long, as I told you.

She has a new lover every week.


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