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L’Assommoir

CHAPTER IX
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Soon it was too much trouble to scrub herself each time.

Her thirst for happiness led her to enjoy as much as she could the difficult situation.

She had always been disposed to make allowances for herself, so why not for others?
She only wanted to avoid causing trouble.

As long as the household went along as usual, there was nothing to complain about.
Then, after all, she could not be doing anything to make Coupeau stop drinking; matters were arranged so easily to the general satisfaction.
One is generally punished if one does what is not right.

His dissoluteness had gradually become a habit.


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