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Book, page 361 / 494 "You must be mistaken. I never heard him called any thing but Vincent." "It is because he had especial motives for concealing his personality. The money he spent here did not belong to him: he took it, he stole it, from the Mutual Credit Company where he was cashier, and where he left a deficit of twelve millions." Mme. Zelie stepped back as though she had trodden on a snake. It's impossible!" she cried. "It is the exact truth. Haven't you seen in the papers the case of Vincent Favoral, cashier of the Mutual Credit?" And, taking a paper from his pocket, he handed it to the young woman, saying, "Read." But she pushed it back, not without a slight blush. "Oh, I believe you!" she said. The fact is, and Marius understood it, she did not read very fluently. "The worst of M. Vincent Favoral's conduct," he resumed, "is, that, while he was throwing away money here by the handful, he subjected his family to the most cruel privations." "Oh!" "He refused the necessaries of life to his wife, the best and the worthiest of women; he never gave a cent to his son; and he deprived his daughter of every thing." "Ah, if I could have suspected such a thing!" murmured Mme. Zelie. "Finally, and to cap the - climax, he has gone, leaving his wife and children literally without bread."
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