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In short, he produced such a favorable impression that, although M. Segmuller reserved twenty-four hours in which to make further inquiries, he drew a twenty-franc piece from his pocket on the spot and tendered it to the Norman valet as the first instalment of his wages.
It is true that on the walls of a little village inn, there is something paraded about a 'Trouville Association, Limited, and a company for 'the passage of the Simplon, with twenty-franc shares; but these things do not seem to find much favour amongst the thrifty peasantry.
Andrew let him talk; obviously the hisses had mounted from the wings to the dressing-room corridors; the man meant well and kindly. When he had dressed and appeared in his own Lackaday image, he put a twenty-franc note into the dresser's hand with a "Thank you, my friend," and marched out and away into the comparatively fresh air of the sulphurous night.
"Josepha! it is I " The singer recognized her Hulot only by his voice. "What? you, poor old man? On my honor, you look like a twenty-franc piece that the Jews have sweated and the money-changers refuse." "Alas, yes," replied Hulot; "I am snatched from the jaws of death! But you are as lovely as ever. Will you be kind?" "That depends," said she; "everything is relative."
To those who have millions, millions are wanting; to those who have thousands, thousands. Others lack a twenty-franc piece or a hundred sous. When they have a chicken in the pot, they ask for a goose; when they have the goose, they wish it were a turkey, and so on. We shall never learn how fatal this tendency is.
I examined my purse, which, as I before stated, had been left to me, together with my keys and card-case, by the terrified persons who had huddled me into my coffin with such scant ceremony. It contained two twenty-franc pieces and some loose silver. Enough to buy a decent costume of some sort. But where could I make the purchase, and how?
As their glances met he leant forward and also put a twenty-franc piece on the green cloth close to where Sylvia's money lay. The traditional words rang out: "Faites vos jeux, Messieurs, Mesdames! Le jeu est fait! Rien ne va plus!" And then Sylvia saw her stake and that of the Count doubled. There were now four gold pieces where two had been.
I finished the twenty-franc piece with him, and then produced one of forty francs, which vanished as quickly. When he saw it drunk out also he feared it was the last. "Your button again," said he to me, in a tone of extreme anxiety, and yet very comical. I showed him another coin. "Ah, your large button again," he shouted out, jumping for joy.
Our little necessities and a few paints took up two of the twenty-franc pieces, and we have eight of them left! Oh, quite a fortune! It will keep us until I can sell the 'Apache. I shall take it to a picture dealer's to-morrow." Countess Shulski's heart sank. She knew so well of old how long eight twenty-franc pieces would be likely to last!
With a hand that trembled a little, she put a twenty-franc piece down on the green table. After doing so she looked up, and saw that the Comte de Virieu was standing nearly opposite to her, on the other side of the table. His eyes were fixed on her, and there was a very kind and indulgent, if sad, smile on his face.
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