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A Start in Life

CHAPTER VIII
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Go with Monsieur Godeschal, my young friend; he'll show you your lodging, and you can settle down in it.

Did you notice Godeschal ?" continued Desroches, speaking to Moreau.
"There's a fellow who, like me, has nothing.

His sister Mariette, the famous danseuse, is laying up her money to buy him a practice in ten years.

My clerks are young blades who have nothing but their ten fingers to rely upon.

So we all, my five clerks and I, work as hard as a dozen ordinary fellows.


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