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    lifeisalstheopenair;everyhouseholdsitsatitsown

    threshold,breakfasts,dines,andquarrelsthere.noonepass

    aloreetined;infaerly,whena

    straeredaprovineof

    frooortodoor.frohise

    pieux,otheinhabitantsofangers,who

    excelledinsuchurbansarcas.

    theansionsoftheoldtourareatthetopofthis

    hillystreet,anderlyoccupiedbythenobilityofthe

    neighborhood.thelancholydheeventsofthe

    folloansions,venerable

    relicsofaturyinenandthingsborethecharacteristics

    ofsilicityannersandcustoarelosingdaybyday.

    follohehepicturesquethhfare,whose

    irregularitiesaindically

    intoreverie,andyouedarkrecess,ire

    ofonsieurgrais

    iossibletouandtheforceofthisprovincialexpressionthe

    houseofnsieurgraonsieur

    grahielf.

    nsieurgraenjoyedareputationinsaurausesand

    effectseverbefullyuoodbythose,atone

    tioranother,livedintheprovinces.in1789nsieurgra

    stillberof

    suieroper,able

    toread,e,andcipher.attheperiodhefrenchrepublic

    offeredforsaletheentofsaur,

    theoper,thenfortyyearsofage,hadjustrriedthedaughterof

    arichert.suppliedoneyofhisoune

    andhis,inallaboutthousandlouisdra

    totheneablished”district,”hthehelpoftwo

    hundreddoublelouisgivenbyhisfatherinlaothesurly

    republiain,he

    obtainedforasong,legallyifitely,ohefi

    vineyardsinthearrondissent,anoldabbey,andseveralfar.the

    inhabitantsofsaurtlerevolutionarythattheythought

    peregraaboldn,arepubli,andapatriotindopen

    toallthenehoughinpointoffactito

    vineyards.heeeroftheadnistrationofsaur,

    andhispacififlueselffeltpoliticallyand

    rcially.politically,heprotectedthecidevantnobles,and

    preveotheextentofhispohesaleofthelandsand

    propertyoftheegres;rcially,hefuishedtherepubli

    areshthreethousandpunsofeook

    hispayinsplendidfieldsbelongingtoanityofenwhose

    landshadbeenreservedforthelastlot.

    uhensulategrabecayoveedwisely,and

    harvestedstillbetterpigs.uheeirehealled

    nsieurgra.napoleon,holikerepublis,and

    supersedednsieurgraohavehe

    phrygiancapbyanofhisourebaronofthe

    eire.nsieurgraquittedofficehret.hehad

    nstructedierestsofthetoainfineroadshled

    tohisoy;hishouseandlands,veryadvantageously

    assessed,paidderatetaxes;andsiheregistrationofhis

    variousestates,thevineyards,thankstohisnstantcare,had

    beethe”headoftheuntry,”alocaltersedtodehose

    thatproducedthefiqualityofighthaveaskedforthe

    crossofthelegionofhonor.

    thiseventoccurredin1806.nsieurgrahenfiftyseven

    yearsofage,hishirtysix,andanonlydaughter,thefruitof

    theirlegititelove,

    providenodoubtdesiredtopehelossofhis

    nicipalhonors,iedthreefortuheurseofthisyear,

    thatofdadelagaudiniere,bodelabertelliere,thether

    ofdagrahatofoldnsieurdelabertelliere,her

    grandfather;and,lastly,thatofdagentillet,hergrandtheron

    thethersside:threeiances,ountknoo

    aheavariceofthedeceasedpersonshatfora

    longtitheyhadhoardedtheirneyforthepleasureofsecretly

    lookingatit.oldnsieurdelabertellierecalledaan

    extravaganthesightofhis

    goldthanfroheprofitsofusury.theinhabitantsofsaur

    nsequeedhissavingsagto”therevehe

    sunsh,”astheysaid.

    nsieurgrahusobtaihatdetitleofnobilityhour

    niaforequalityethestiosing

    persohearrondissent.heresof

    vineyard,fulyearsyieldedsevehundred

    hogsheadsofs,anoldabbey,whose

    y,a

    asure,alsoahundredandtysevenacres

    ofadohreethousandpoplars,plantedin1793,grew

    andflourished;andfinally,thehouseinhhelived.suchwashis

    visibleestate;astohisotherproperty,onlytouldgive

    evenavagueguessatitsvalue:oneonsieurcruchot,anotary

    eloyedintheusuriousisofnsieurgraheother

    ur,inwhose

    profitsgrahadacertaiedashare.

    althougholdonsieurdesgrassinshgiftedh

    thedeepdiscretionhandtrustbegetintheprovinces,

    theypublionsieurgrahat

    observersestitedtheauntofhispropertybytheobsequious

    attention.inallsaurtherewasnoone

    notpersuadedthatnsieurgrahadaprivatetreasure,so

    hidingplacefulloflouis,lytookineffabledelightin

    gazingupossesofgold.avariciouspeoplegatheredproofof

    thisan,toheyellow

    talseedtohavestints.theglanan

    ahiscapitalacquires,like

    thatofthelibertihegaler,orthesyphaain

    indefinablehabits,furtive,eager,steriousvents,hnever

    escapethenoticeofhisreligionists.thissecretlanguageisina

    onsieurgrainspired

    therespectfulesteeuetooneananything,who,

    skilfuloperand

    ...
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