He was an awfully rich fellow and so gentle: he couldn't have hurt a soul.

It's disgraceful; I'm ruined by it.

And, you know, you mustn't say a word or I go and find him out in Germany!" After that, while the two were at loggerheads, Gaga began murmuring in dolorous tones: "It's all over with me; my luck's always bad.

It's only a week ago that I finished paying for my little house at Juvisy.

Ah, God knows what trouble it cost me! I had to go to Lili for help! And now here's the war declared, and the Prussians'll come and they'll burn everything.