I used to ask myself, ‘Sergei, would you rather spend your money on drink or women?’ and thanks to the club, I spend it on both and am called a patron of the arts.

Melika Dannese Hick

Tags: humor paris patronage patron-of-the-arts 1894 cabarets dancehall fin-de-siecle ilyse-charpentier paris-patronage parisian-club sergei-rakmanovich witty-wisdom



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Sergei doesn’t yearn for love…he thirsts for domination, and now he has finally achieved it.

Melika Dannese Hick

Tags: resignation defeat hopelessness realization ilyse-charpentier melika-dannese-lux city-of-lights



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Do you often wonder,” she continued, desperately hoping her questions would win Vasily over, “what might have been had his gaze fallen upon some other miserable wretch? Yes, you would have been destitute, starving in the streets, scraping for your next meal…but even beggars are free.

Melika Dannese Hick

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Oh, come now, Manon,” Ilyse laughed, “It’s my job to liven things up a bit, too. I can’t let you and your dimples have all the fun.

Melika Dannese Hick

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I know the consequences, Manon,” Ilyse conceded. “I know the fate you endured might one day be my own. But I refuse to be a prisoner for the rest of my life.

Melika Dannese Hick

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