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When he hasn't got even six pennies in his pocket, which happens sometimes, he resorts to one of his friends who drives a cab or the coachman of a noble lord who gives him a pallet in the straw beside the horses. WHEN HE HASN'T GOT EVEN SIX PENNIES IN HIS POCKET WHICH HAPPENS SOMETIMES HE RESORTS TO ONE OF HIS FRIENDS WHO DRIVES A CAB OR TO THE COACHMAN OF A NOBLE LORD WHO GIVES HIM A PALET IN THE STRAW BESIDE THE HORSES
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. 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. Night time also brings uncertainties. Should he return on foot to the little garret where he lives, assuming that the caretaker, in her irritation at not getting the rent, has not asked him to return his key, or should he settle for a working-class tavern to wait for daylight over a slice of bread and a mug of beer?  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 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 NIGHT TIME ALSO BRINGS ON CERTAINTIES SHOULD HE RETURN ON FOOT TO THE LITTLE GARRET WHERE HE LIVES ASSUMING THAT THE CARETAKER IN HER IRRITATION AT NOT GETTING THE RENT HAS NOT ASKED HIM TO RETURN HIS KEY OR SHOULD HE SETTLE FOR A WORKING CLASS TAVERN TO WAIT FOR DAYLIGHT OVER A SLICE OF BREAD AND A MUG OF BEER
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