He was staying on the second floor‚ with a view over the river. He drank a glass of cognac and lay down on the sofa. On the low table next to him lay his blotter embossed in silver with his monogram and the crown of a Count‚ as well as his boxes of cigars and his books: Mademoiselle Giraud: My Wife‚ The Virgin of Mabille‚ Those Rogues! The Secret Memoirs of a Chambermaid‚ Pointers‚ The Hunter’s Handbook‚ some back numbers of Le Figaro‚ a photograph of Luiza and a photograph of a horse.
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