[Samuel Brohl & Company by Victor Cherbuliez]@TWC D-Link bookSamuel Brohl & Company CHAPTER V 17/65
The workmen had mistrusted me on account of my youth; from that day, I can assure you, they held me in respect." "Did you relate this incident to Antoinette ?" "What would have been the use? With women it does not suffice to be a great man; you must have the look of one too." And Camille Langis cried out, clinching his hands: "Ah! madame, I entreat you, do you know where I can procure a Polish head, a Polish mustache, a Polish smile? Pray, where are these articles to be had, and what is their market price? I will not haggle! O women! what a set you are--plague on you!" "And are aunts the same ?" gravely asked Mme.
de Lorcy. He answered more calmly: "No, madame, you are a woman without an equal, and I name you every day in my prayers.
You are my only resource, my consolation, my counsel.
Do not refuse me your precious instructions! What ought I to do ?" Mme.
de Lorcy gazed up at the ceiling for an instant, and then said: "Love elsewhere, my dear; abandon this foolish girl to her fate and her Pole." He started and replied: "You demand what is impossible.
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