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To Paris And Prison: Paris

CHAPTER III
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I am too discreet to communicate his letters to you, but, if you were to read them, they would make you weep for sympathy.

It is to him that I have sent the three gold pieces which you gave me yesterday." As he said the last words my converter rose, and went to the window to dry his tears, I felt deeply moved, anal full of admiration for the virtue of De la Haye and of his pupil, who, to save his soul, had placed himself under the hard necessity of accepting alms.

I cried as well as the apostle, and in my dawning piety I told him that I insisted not only upon remaining unknown to his pupil, but also upon ignoring the amount of the sums he might take out of my purse to forward to him, and I therefore begged that he would help himself without rendering me any account.

De la Haye embraced me warmly, saying that, by following the precepts of the Gospel so well, I should certainly win the kingdom of heaven.
The mind is sure to follow the body; it is a privilege enjoyed by matter.
With an empty stomach, I became a fanatic; and the hollow made in my brain by the mercury became the home of enthusiasm.

Without mentioning it to De la Haye, I wrote to my three friends, Messrs.


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