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There also was of course in Adeline That calm patrician polish in the address, Which ne'er can pass the equinoctial line Of any thing which Nature would express: Just as a Mandarin finds nothing fine, At least his manner suffers not to guess That any thing he views can greatly please. Don Juan. C. XIII. stanza 84.
Risler, the partner of Fromont, withdraws large sums from the common treasury to satisfy the extravagant desires of Sidonie whom he loves. Fromont's eyes are at last opened; he finds the firm, which had always been his pride, on the verge of bankruptcy; he discovers the perfidy of Sidonie and attempts to force her to beg on her knees the forgiveness of Risler's long-suffering wife.
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