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Beyle, for instance, was capable of writing, in one of those queer epitaphs of himself which he was constantly composing, the high-falutin' words 'Il respecta un seul homme: Napoléon'; and yet, as he wrote them, he must have remembered well enough that when he met Napoleon face to face his unabashed scrutiny had detected swiftly that the man was a play-actor, and a vulgar one at that.
"Well, Jeff," said I, when the Autolycan adventurer seemed to have divulged the gist of his tale, "I hope you took care of the money. That would be a respecta that is a considerable working capital if you should choose some day to settle down to some sort of regular business." "Me?" said Jeff, virtuously. "You can bet I've taken care of that five thousand."
He would, I know, object to my having received anything except as a loan, being a man of great respecta- bility and high honour indeed, a nobleman by blood. "I should be much obliged to you if you would keep the contents of this letter a secret for the present, dear friend.
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