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Chapter 1

           Afineman,agreattalker,makinghisspursringashewalked,wearingwhiskersthatranintohismoustache,hisfingersalwaysgarnishedwithringsanddressedinloudcolours,hehadthedashofamilitarymanwiththeeasygoofacommercialtraveller.

           Oncemarried,helivedforthreeorfouryearsonhiswife’sfortune,diningwell,risinglate,smokinglongporcelainpipes,notcominginatnighttillafterthetheatre,andhauntingcafes.Thefather-in-lawdied,leavinglittle;hewasindignantatthis,"wentinforthebusiness,"lostsomemoneyinit,thenretiredtothecountry,wherehethoughthewouldmakemoney.

           But,asheknewnomoreaboutfarmingthancalico,asherodehishorsesinsteadofsendingthemtoplough,drankhisciderinbottleinsteadofsellingitincask,atethefinestpoultryinhisfarmyard,andgreasedhishunting-bootswiththefatofhispigs,hewasnotlonginfindingoutthathewoulddobettertogiveupallspeculation.

           FortwohundredfrancsayearhemanagedtoliveontheborderoftheprovincesofCauxandPicardy,inakindofplacehalffarm,halfprivatehouse;andhere,soured,eatenupwithregrets,cursinghisluck,jealousofeveryone,heshuthimselfupattheageofforty-five,sickofmen,hesaid,anddeterminedtoliveatpeace.

           Hiswifehadadoredhimonceonatime;shehadboredhimwithathousandservilitiesthathadonlyestrangedhimthemore.

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