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Dividing the Proceeds.

           Oh,youneednotbealarmed,youwillonlyhavelosthimasyouhavelostyourdaughter;ImeanthatIshallbetravellingononeofthethirtyorfortyroadsleadingoutofFrance.Ioweyousomeexplanationsformyconduct,andasyouareawomanthatcanperfectlyunderstandme,Iwillgivethem.Listen,then.IreceivedthismorningfivemillionswhichIpaidaway;almostdirectlyafterwardsanotherdemandforthesamesumwaspresentedtome;IputthiscreditorofftilltomorrowandIintendleavingtoday,toescapethattomorrow,whichwouldberathertoounpleasantformetoendure.Youunderstandthis,doyounot,mymostpreciouswife?Isayyouunderstandthis,becauseyouareasconversantwithmyaffairsasIam;indeed,Ithinkyouunderstandthembetter,sinceIamignorantofwhathasbecomeofaconsiderableportionofmyfortune,onceverytolerable,whileIamsure,madame,thatyouknowperfectlywell.Forwomenhaveinfallibleinstincts;theycanevenexplainthemarvellousbyanalgebraiccalculationtheyhaveinvented;butI,whoonlyunderstandmyownfigures,knownothingmorethanthatonedaythesefiguresdeceivedme.Haveyouadmiredtherapidityofmyfall?Haveyoubeenslightlydazzledatthesuddenfusionofmyingots?IconfessIhaveseennothingbutthefire;letushopeyouhavefoundsomegoldamongtheashes.

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