I'll come some day," he said. "But women, my boy, they're the pivot everything turns upon. Things are in a bad way with me, very bad. And it's all through women. Tell me frankly now," he pursued, picking up a cigar and keeping one hand on his glass; "give me your advice.

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“So that's what it is!" he suddenly exclaimed aloud. "What joy!”

“And in spite of the fact that science, art, and politics had no special interes…”

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