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Mis à jour: 21 juin 2025
Despite the protest of the author, contemporaries found originals for a number of the characters of this novel. The duc de Mora is Morny, and several others have been identified with greater or less certainty. Félicia Ruys is perhaps Sarah Bernhardt.
Pardonnez-moi de ne pas me lever, me dit-il, mais je ne veux pas déranger M. Number one.
5 17 du 5 etc 'number 5' etc, sizes of shot. 5 19 met dans 'hits'. 5 20 en triomphateur: 'like a conqueror, 'in triumph'; cf. en bon Méridional 8 13. 5 23 il se fait: 'there is carried on. Impersonal il; cf. note to 4 23. 5 26 ne guère que: 'scarcely any one besides ; cf. note to 4 23. 527 leur en achète: acheter des casquettes aux chapeliers; hence leur en achète, leur replacing
These established his reputation as a writer of taste, and during the next twenty years he wrote a large number of stories and tales, most of which were originally published in newspapers and reviews. His constant aim was not only to please the reading public, but also to inculcate the principles of sound morality.
Et comme je le regardais: Vous cherchez M. Number one, dit-il en riant. J'ai l'honneur de vous le présenter; le voici, c'est mon fils aîné. Maintenant, voici miss Number two, ma fille; puis Number three, mon second fils; quant
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