“So you’d rather stay with me and sleep here, would you, than go to the hotel by yourself?” Saint-Loup asked me, smiling. “Oh, Robert, it’s cruel of you to be sarcastic about it,” I answered. “You know it’s not possible, and you know how wretched I shall be over there.” “Well, you flatter me!” he replied. “Because it actually occurred to me that you’d rather stay here tonight. And that is precisely what I went to ask the Captain.” “And he has given you leave?” I cried. “He hadn’t the slightest objection.” “Oh! I adore him!” “No, that would be going too far. But now, let me just get hold of my
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