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XIV
VICOMTE MAURICE
I did not get married and I did not take to
drink. I took to something else; I
abandoned Avenue de Villiers altogether. Rosalie
brought my tea and my ‘Figaro’ to my bedroom at
seven o’clock, half an hour later I was off not to
return till two o’clock for my consultation. I was
off again with my last patient to come back late
at night to creep to my bedroom stealthily as a
thief. Rosalie’s wages had been doubled. She
stuck bravely to her post, she only complained of
having nothing to do but to open the door.
Everything else, the beating of the carpets, the
mending of my clothes, the cleaning of my boots,
the washing of my linen, the cooking of my food
was done by Mamsell Agata. Realizing the
necessity of a liaison between herself and the
outer world and the need of somebody always at
hand to quarrel with, Mamsell Agata now
tolerated Rosalie’s presence with grim resignation.
She had even smiled at her once, said Rosalie
with a slight trembling in her voice. Soon Tom
also took to abandoning Avenue de Villiers for
fear of Mamsell Agata. He spent his days
driving about with me visiting patients, he seldom
had a meal at home, he never went into the
kitchen as all dogs love to do. As soon he returned
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