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There was an only daughter. He swore to the father and mother that he would marry their daughter. They shrugged their shoulders and laughed in his face, telling him he was mad. I saw it happen. He used to ask me for money, which I gave him. THERE WAS AN ONLY DAUGHTER HE SWORE TO THE FATHER AND MOTHER THAT HE WOULD MARRY THEIR DAUGHTER THEY SHRUGGED THEIR SHOULDERS AND LAUGHED IN HIS FACE TELLING HIM HE WAS MAD I SAW IT HAPPEN HE USED TO ASK ME FOR MONEY WHICH I GAVE HIM
 along the Cours or the Champs Élysées. He reappears in town with the dawn, dressed up for today in yesterday's clothes, and dressed up today perhaps for the rest of the week. I don't think much of these eccentrics. Some people turn them into familiar acquaintances, even friends. Once a year they interest me, when I meet them, because their character stands in contrast to others and they break that fastidious uniformity which our education, our social conventions, and our habitual proprieties have introduced. If one of them appears in company, he's a grain of yeast which ferments and gives back to everyone some part of his natural individuality. He shakes things up. He agitates us. He makes us praise or blame. He makes the truth come out, revealing who has value. He unmasks the scoundrels. So that's the time a man with sense pays attention and sorts his world out. The man I've described I knew from some time back. He used to hang about a house where his talent had opened doors for him. D HE PACES ALL NIGHT ALONG THE COUP OR THE CHANDS ELYSEES HE REAPPEARS IN TOWN WITH THE DAWN DRESSED UP FOR TO DAY IN YESTERDAY'S CLOTHES AND DRESSED UP TO DAY PERHAPS FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK I DON'T THINK MUCH OF THESE ECCENTRICS SOME PEOPLE TURN THEM INTO FAMILIAR ACQUAINTANCES EVEN FRIENDS ONCE A YEAR THEY INTEREST ME WHEN I MEET THEM BECAUSE THEIR CHARACTER STANDS IN CONTRAST TO OTHERS AND THEY BREAK THAT FASTIDIOUS UNIFORMITY WHICH OUR EDUCATION OUR SOCIAL CONVENTIONS AND OUR HABITUAL PROPRIETIES HAVE INTRODUCED IF ONE OF THEM APPEARS IN COMPANY HE'S A GRAIN OF YEAST WHICH FERMENTS AND GIVES BACK TO EVERY ONE SOME PART OF HIS NATURAL INDIVIDUALITY HE SHAKES THINGS UP HE AGITATES US HE MAKES US PRAISE OR BLAME HE MAKES THE TRUTH COME OUT REVEALING WHO HAS VALUE HE UNMASKS THE SCOUNDRELS SO THAT'S THE TIME A MAN WITH SENSE PAYS ATTENTION AND SORTS HIS WORLD OUT THE MAN I HAVE DESCRIBED I KNEW FOR SOME TIME BACK HE USED TO HANG ABOUT A HOUSE WHERE HIS TALENT HAD OPENED DOORS FOR HIM
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