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She pleases our fancy, stirs our heart, and wears out our reason by the endless succession of her caprices and the unexpected violence of her whims. This recalls to me the 213th verse of the second book of the Laws of Manou. "It is in the nature of the feminine sex to seek here below to corrupt men, and therefore wise men never abandon themselves to the seductions of women."
"Good!" declared the commandant, who proceeded to question the second soldier as to his identity! When it was made clear that he was one Tarbottin, baptismal name Niccodème, the commandant questioned them together. "You are soldiers of the second class in the 213th of the line, and fulfil the functions of staff orderlies?" "Yes, Commandant." "You know Corporal Vinson?" "Yes, Commandant."
Every 43d boy and every 213th girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen has been punished by fine or imprisonment. This does not mean that the Germans are criminal or disorderly, but, on the contrary, it shows how absurdly petty are the violations of the law punished by fine or imprisonment.
So desperately slow was the progress of the Supreme Council that on the 213th day of the Peace Conference, two months after the Germans had signed the conditions, not one additional treaty had been concluded, nay, none was even ready for signature.
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