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et
up housekeeping.
It
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a very dlllP1e housekeeping, however; Dothin& but a
breakfa.t. I alao lIll8a«ed a man to act. as 1'alet, and do all
lI1if
work.
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waa an ingllahman, at le.at
fift;y
reara old and a
pr~ciou.
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he
WIlt.
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had
U1If
breakfast to get ".,817 IIIOrnlng, and 11.1 thia lI'a' the only
tl:ll1l&
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bad
to
make
monel out of.
he
determined to do
it
g ood:
-1
found
that
ID;J
brltllr;::(alt ,,,ery morning coat lIIe thirtl or {ort,l france. for
agg.
and to.st and
II.
little
fruit..
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put
an end to
that
and
told
h1ID.
in rutlll'8 to get me nothill8 out a piece of 1.0.11. and a
cup
ot
coffea.
~
intention _a to go out and get .. good breakfaat later,
but
I found that
the
bUe I
had
in
the
morning la.ted till
it _.
t1.JM
for
dinner.
l(y
apartment waa • nice one.
I
paid 500 franca a month for
it.
To aho" how e;qlen8eB of all bnds have increased of late rear. I would
mention that be1fl6: in Paris twenty year. later, I inquired the price of
t.he
89
mB
apartment, and was told 1500 trancs a IllOnt.h . I had studied
French while travelling
Md
had
picked
up
a good deal but. had
acquired
no facility in &peakin«
it.
$0 one of
uti
first
COlU'U
was to get a good
lD&eter. I found one in
lot.
Leon Gallai., and went to work with a will,
I never learned to 'peak French well, but I could get along after sOllIe
years' 8tU(!,y. I .upp0811 I am .tupid, at leaat in
la~..
I have
na.. forgatten much that I kne. a8 regards epeaking, but I can read
11;
as well al ever .
T"ne life in Paril ..a. a very lasy and pleasant ane. After
be1D& there abaut twa monthe I _nt to a Httle town near the Vasge.
Mountains, called Plambieree, with a couple of friende. I
had
not been
very well and the doctor said if I had nothing better to
do
it
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