 On reaching the pier, he walked straight before him like a man in a trance, who knows neither where he is going, nor what is to become of him. He saw himself irretrievably lost, possessing no longer a shelter, no means of rescue and, of course, no longer...  Three Novelettes and Valentine's Wager: A Comedy - Page 187by Alfred de Musset - 1888 - 311 pagesFull view - About this book
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...never again see his father. It seemed to him incredible that he should be thus suddenly abandoned; he tried to force an entrance into the store; but was...the same sea which is bearing him away; not before you nor at once, but some day I will do it, for I am lost." "What can you do?" replied Jean, not seeming... | |
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...it possible that my father could leave us without warning, without farewell?" "He is gone," answeTed Jean, "but indeed not without saying good-bye to you."...the same sea which is bearing him away; not before you nor at once, but some day I will do it, for I am lost." "What can you do?" replied Jean, not seeming... | |
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...at seeing a crowd about him, and, in the most profound despair, turned his steps toward the harbour. On reaching the pier, he walked straight before him...the same sea which is bearing him away; not before you, nor at once, but some day I will do it, for I am lost." ceived; he was expecting money which did... | |
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...ruined by an unforeseen disaster (the bankruptcy of a partner), had left for his son nothing but a dw commonplace words of consolation, and no hope, except,...the same sea which is bearing him away ; not before you nor at once, but some day I will do it, for I am lost." "What can you do?" replied Jean, not seeming... | |
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