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That is the appartement of M. Lucien Cartel, a musician; but his playing will not disturb you, for the walls are thick and, in any case, he is a good musician." A conclusion, winged with excitement, formed itself in the mind of Max. "Madame!" he cried. "He plays the violin this M. Cartel?" "Both violin and piano, monsieur. He has a great talent." "And, madame, he played last night?
To the zest of the amateur, Blake added knowledge of a practical kind in the arrangement of household gods, and long ere the February dusk had fallen, the fifth-floor appartement had assumed a certain homeliness.
"Listen to a little secret," said Popinot, glancing at the fatal letter from a corner of his eye. "I helped Celestin to buy your business; but I did it on one condition, your appartement was to be kept exactly as you left it. I had an idea in my head, though I never thought that chance would favor it so much.
The divorcée's three lovers will be in Paris at the same time. The married one's husband returned for good "Yes, certainly, peace will have its drawbacks The war knows its compensations But considerable ones!" When they had departed, promising to return very soon to dinner this time, and see all the "exquisite appartement," Burton came into the room to take away the tea things.
Of such trifles as this the sincerest friendships are made; he was as necessary to me as I to him, and after some demur on his part a reconciliation was effected. Then I took an appartement in one of the old houses in Rue de la Tour des Dames, for windows there overlooked a bit of tangled garden with a dilapidated statue.
The table beneath it was arranged like an altar, and the Ikon was let in to the carved boiserie of the wall. It must have been since he had parted with her that this ridiculous thing had been done! She had not entered his appartement since June. She felt angry that the shrine should be closed and that she could not look upon it, for it must certainly be something which Verisschenzko prized.
On entering his appartement, a repulsive barrenness plainly showed the avarice of the owner: in the antechamber were six straw chairs and a porcelain stove; on the walls, which were covered with a bottle-green paper, were four engravings bought at auction.
She was glad to hear Miss Valery observe, with genuine tact, that Major Harper was always careless in the matter of giving addresses. "He was living let me see at 102 Rue , one of the handsomest and pleasantest streets in Paris. I remember he said he was obliged to take this appartement for three months, after which he was going to act the hermit and economise.
She slept very soundly, said Madame; she had not awakened in her appartement in Paris upon one night when a bomb from a Prussian aeroplane had exploded within two hundred yards of her house. Another way was still possible, and Rust, while he was dressing for dinner, determined to try it; it was a way, too, which thrilled him with pleasurable anticipation.
Without a word he turned on his heel and strode down the hall with the air of an offended prince. The woman watched him with an expressionless face until he reached the door, then something perhaps his youth, perhaps his brave carriage, perhaps his defiant disappointment moved her. "Monsieur!" she called. He stopped. "Monsieur, if it is absolutely necessary that you see the appartement " "It is.
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