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—« Quelle comédie que la vie et quelle sottise d'en faire un drame! » puis il tira sa montre et se leva précipitamment:

—« Six heures et demie, je serai en retard chez Colette... »

Et il héla un fiacre qui passait à vide, pour arriver rue de Rivoli—cinq minutes plus tôt!

Février-Octobre 1887.

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I. Un coin de province à Paris

II. Âmes naïves

III. Un Amoureux et un Snob

IV. Le Sigisbée

V. L'aube de l'amour

VI. La logique d'un observateur

VII.Profil de Madone

VIII. L'autre profil de la Madone

IX. Une comédienne de bonne foi

X. Dans le piège

XI. Déclarations

XII. Loyauté cruelle

XIII. At home

XIV. Journées heureuses

XV. Les rancunes de Colette

XVI. Histoire d'un soupçon

XVII. Évidences

XVIII. Le plus heureux des quatre

XIX. Tout ou rien

XX. L'abbé Taconet

Achevé d'imprimer

le trente octobre mil huit cent quatre-vingt-sept

PAR

ALPHONSE LEMERRE

(Aug. Springer, conducteur)

25, RUE DES GRANDS-AUGUSTINS

PARIS

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