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"People have become too learned," repeated the last, looking at the lady
with contempt, and leaving her question unanswered.
"I should be curious to know how you explain the correlation between
education and conjugal differences," said the lawyer, with a slight
smile.
The merchant wanted to make some reply, but the lady interrupted him.
"
No, those days are past."
The lawyer cut short her words:--
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"
Let him express his thought."
Because there is no more fear," replied the old man.
But how will you marry people who do not love each other? Only
animals can be coupled at the will of a proprietor. But people have
inclinations, attachments," the lady hastened to say, casting a glance
at the lawyer, at me, and even at the clerk, who, standing up
and leaning his elbow on the back of a seat, was listening to the
conversation with a smile.
"You are wrong to say that, madam," said the old man. "The animals are
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