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The Parisians
Complete

CHAPTER IV
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The Bourse is the profession of those who have no other profession.

You have visited the Bourse ?" "No." "No! this is just the hour.

We have time yet for the Bois.

Coachman, drive to the Bourse." "The fact is," resumed Frederic, "that gambling is one of the wants of civilized men.

The 'rouge-et-noir' and 'roulette' tables are forbidden; the hells closed: but the passion for making money without working for it must have its vent, and that vent is the Bourse.


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