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admire it for long, he was on their black list, he
had not presented himself with his diploma
because he had none to present, he was a quack,
he was going to be pincé at last. He was said to
be making two hundred thousand francs a year,
more than many of the leading celebrities in
Paris. I said there was no reason why a quack
might not be a good doctor, a diploma meant
little to his patients as long as he was able to
help them. I heard the end of the story a couple
of months later from the Commissaire himself.
Doctor X. had presented himself at the very last
moment with a request for a private interview
with the Commissaire. Presenting his diploma
as M.D. of a well-known German university, he
implored the Commissaire to keep his secret, he
said he owed his enormous practice to the
circumstance that he was considered by everybody to
be a quack. I told the Commissaire this man
would soon become a millionaire if he knew his
medicine half as well as he knew his psychology.
As I was walking home I did not envy my
colleague his two hundred thousand francs of
income but I envied him for knowing what sum his
income amounted to. I had always been longing
to know what my earnings were. That I was
making lots of money seemed certain, I had
always plenty of cash whenever I wanted money
for something. I had a fine apartment, a smart
carriage, an excellent cook; now, since Mamsell
Agata had left, I often had my friends at dinner
at Avenue de Villiers with the best of everything.
Twice I had rushed down to Capri, once to buy
Mastro Vincenzo’s house, another time to offer
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