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The house was so completely stripped that not so much as a curtain remained at the windows. Every object of the smallest value, everything, even the kitchen utensils, had been sold. Moved by that feeling of curiosity which never entirely leaves us even in moments of misfortune, Marguerite entered Lemulquinier's chamber and found it as bare as that of his master.
Seven or eight of the first-comers stood at a little distance, and examined the strange old faces with smothered laughter and remarks which attracted Lemulquinier's attention. "Hi! do you see that one with a head as smooth as my knee?" "Yes." "Well, he was born a Wise Man." "My papa says he makes gold," said another.
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