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I don't think much of these eccentrics. Some people turn them into familiar acquaintances, even friends. I DON'T THINK MUCH OF THESE ECCENTRICS SOME PEOPLE TURN THEM INTO FAMILIAR ACQUAINTANCES EVEN FRIENDS
ay, 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? 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. In the morning there are still bits of his mattress in his hair. If the season is mild, he paces all night 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. 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 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 IN THE MORNING THERE ARE STILL BITS OF HIS MATTRESS IN HIS HAIR IF THE SEASON IS MILD 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
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