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He shows himself off, and you'd almost take him for a gentleman. He lives from day to day, sad or happy, according to circumstances. His first concern in the morning, when he gets up, is to know where he'll have lunch. After lunch, he thinks about where he'll go for supper. HE SHOWS HIMSELF OFF AND YOU'D ALMOST TAKE HIM FOR A GENTLEMAN HE LIVES FROM DAY TO DAY SAD OR HAPPY ACCORDING TO CIRCUMSTANCES HIS FIRST CONCERN IN THE MORNING WHEN HE GETS UP IS TO KNOW WHERE HE'LL HAVE LUNCH AFTER LUNCH HE THINKS ABOUT WHERE HE'LL GO FOR SUPPER
no shame in revealing that he has also received some bad ones. Beyond that, he's endowed with a strong constitution, a remarkably warm imagination, and an extraordinary lung power. If you ever meet him and his originality does not hold your attention, you'll either put your fingers in your ears or run off. God, what terrible lungs! Nothing is more unlike him than himself. Sometimes he is thin and haggard, like an invalid in the final stages of consumption. You can count his teeth through his cheeks. You'd say he'd spent several days without a meal or had just left a Trappist monastery. The next month, he's sleek and plump, as if he'd been eating steadily at a banker's table or had been shut up inside a Bernadine convent. Today, in dirty linen and torn trousers, dressed in rags, almost barefoot, he slinks along with his head down. One is tempted to call to him to give him a hand out. Tomorrow, he marches along with his head high, powdered, his hair curled, well dressed, with fine shoes. HIM FINE QUALITIES AND HAS NO SHAME IN REVEALING THAT HE HAS ALSO RECEIVED SOME BAD ONES BEYOND THAT HE IS ENDOWED WITH A STRONG CONSTITUTION A REMARKABLY WARM IMAGINATION AND AN EXTRAORDINARY LUNG POWER IF YOU EVER MEET HIM AND HIS ORIGINALITY DOES NOT HOLD YOUR ATTENTION YOU'LL EITHER PUT YOUR FINGERS IN YOUR EARS OR RUN OFF GOD WHAT TERRIBLE LUNGS NOTHING IS MORE UNLIKE HIM THAN HIMSELF SOMETIMES HE IS THIN AND HAGGARD LIKE AN INVALID IN THE FINAL STAGES OF CONSUMPTION YOU CAN COUNT HIS TEETH THROUGH HIS CHEEKS YOU'D SAY HE SPENT SEVERAL DAYS WITHOUT A MEAL OR HAD JUST LEFT A TRAPPIST MONASTERY THE NEXT MONTH HE'S SLEEK AND PLUMP AS IF HE'D BEEN EATING STEADILY AT A BANKER'S TABLE OR HAD BEEN SHUT UP INSIDE A BERNARDINE CONVENT TO DAY IN DIRTY LINEN AND TORN TROUSERS DRESSED IN RAGS ALMOST BAREFOOT HE SLINKS ALONG WITH HIS HEAD DOWN ONE IS TEMPTED TO CALL TO HIM TO GIVE HIM A HAND OUT TO MORROW HE MARCHES ALONG WITH HIS HEAD HIGH POWDERED HIS HAIR CURLED WELL DRESSED WITH FINE SHOES
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