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Then in our days, things areas they were among the Greeks, said Brichot.
Why,
it was through me that he came to know her.
If they care to come, they will
know him becausehe will be sitting next to my chair. She forced me to help her
to betrayhim, with five, with six other men.
Yes indeed, my dear boy, do
notprotest, I am past forty, said the Baron, who was past sixty. In some
embarrassment, I turnedthe conversation, seizing hold of the name of Mme.
People are not always verytolerant of the tears which they themselves have
provoked.
Verdurin, it was to Morel that, in the heatof her passion, Mme.
I am
not interested in history, replied M.
It wasI who used to take Odette out when
she did not wish to see Charles.
Nowadays they arerecruited also from the men
who are the most insatiable with women. After all, a manis free to try on a
shoe, all the more a woman, and if she doesnt fithim. Yes,but, Baron, with
regard to Prince Louis of Baden I can think ofnothing.
It isa trifle stuffy in
the hall in which Brichot lectures, but it isalways interesting. Ah, my
dearfellow, it is the end of the world.
I was saying that things have been much
the same in everyage.
Yes, I will do that for you, first ofall because I owe
you a great debt of gratitude. Why, it was through me that he came to know her.
He lost his temper once only, because she cried, which heconsidered cowardly,
unworthy of her.
So yousuppose that I only know men like that. Brichotinquired
with an air of misgiving! I am coming with you, hereplied, but we cannot slip
away, English fashion.
Inany case, he was never what youd call a beauty!
That,
my boy, is what comes of having a good reputation, you see. Why, of
course,everyone knows about him, he makes no attempt to conceal it.
However, I
shall effect the conjunction one of thesedays. In some embarrassment, I
turnedthe conversation, seizing hold of the name of Mme.
Do you suppose that it
has not been going on ever since? Nowadays they arerecruited also from the men
who are the most insatiable with women. Unfortunately for himthis plan was
doomed to failure, M.
They arefriends with a terrible band of women. What you
say is utterly false, absurd,fantastic. I ask myself whether he dont sleep
withthem. For always man proposes and God disposes.
Verdurin, it was to Morel
that, in the heatof her passion, Mme.
I guessed what you were sayingto him,
replied Mme.
Otherwise, before breaking with him, I should like to ask him.
Any
more than I ever confessed to Odette, not that she wouldhave minded in the
least, that .
Certainly not, Idont suppose that I have any better claim than
yourself upon Mme.
It isa trifle stuffy in the hall in which Brichot lectures,
but it isalways interesting.
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