A Parisian Romance — page 201: what you’re looking at

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192 A PARISIAN ROMANCE. good-naturedly. Tirandel had once been associated in an enterprise with Chevrial, and had come out of ita wiser, if a poorer man, than when he went in. | “T have always believed and practiced,” con- tinued the baron, “the adage that all is fair in love or war, aud that both parties have a right to use all means in their power to win.” “Per fas et ne fas!” “Exactly, Vaumartin! Per fas et nefas. You are quite correct. But what do you think? She, mar- velous to relate, turned out more shrewd than I.” “Tmpossible! Rosa?” “Yes, Rosa! The rose of roses, and,” with a erimace, “with the inevitable thorns. Of course, in consequence of my bad advice, I expected every day to hear that she was completely ruined, which would have permitted me to come delicately to her aid without ruining myself. But quite the contrary. To my amazement, I perceived that the more she speculated, the more her little fortune seemed to in- crease. Then I began to make inquiries, and I finally understood the whole business. Instead of following my counsels, she had done the exact oppo- site of what I told her. She had beaten me with my own weapons, and, do you know, it made me all the fonder of her. This morning, at a rather early hour, she came to my house, as usual. I refused to be made a fool of any longer, and proved to her that I knew all. The little devil laughed in my GEomichbooks:-co