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Cosmopolis

CHAPTER VI
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And then we will do all we can to make your demands agree with those of our client....

It is a trifling matter to be adjusted." "No, sir," said Montfanon, with insolent severity, "it is justice to be rendered, which is very different.

What we, Monsieur Dorsenne and I, desire," he continued in a severe voice, "is this: Count Gorka has gravely insulted Monsieur Chapron.

Let me finish," he added upon a simultaneous gesture on the part of Ardea and of Hafner.

"Yes, sirs, Monsieur Chapron, known to us all for his perfect courtesy, must have been very gravely insulted, even to make the improper gesture of which you just spoke.


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