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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading PATHOLOGY OF RETIRED MERCERS When the petty shopkeeper who has come to Paris from the provinces returns to the provinces from Paris he brings with him a few ideas; then he loses them in the habits and ways of provincial life into which he plunges, and his reforming notions leave him.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading But the doings of the pair after their arrival at Provins are as necessary to relate as their life in Paris; for Provins was destined to be not less fatal to Pierrette than the commercial antecedents of her cousins!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Sylvie Rogron and her brother departed for Provins four years before the time when the coming of Brigaut threw such excitement into Pierrette’s life.
antecedents
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From this reading But the doings of the pair after their arrival at Provins are as necessary to relate as their life in Paris; for Provins was destined to be not less fatal to Pierrette than the commercial antecedents of her cousins!
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But the doings of the pair after their arrival at Provins are as necessary to relate as their life in Paris; for Provins was destined to be not less fatal to Pierrette than the commercial antecedents of her cousins!
arrival
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From this reading But the doings of the pair after their arrival at Provins are as necessary to relate as their life in Paris; for Provins was destined to be not less fatal to Pierrette than the commercial antecedents of her cousins!
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But the doings of the pair after their arrival at Provins are as necessary to relate as their life in Paris; for Provins was destined to be not less fatal to Pierrette than the commercial antecedents of her cousins!
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading But the doings of the pair after their arrival at Provins are as necessary to relate as their life in Paris; for Provins was destined to be not less fatal to Pierrette than the commercial antecedents of her cousins!
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But the doings of the pair after their arrival at Provins are as necessary to relate as their life in Paris; for Provins was destined to be not less fatal to Pierrette than the commercial antecedents of her cousins!
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Sylvie Rogron and her brother departed for Provins four years before the time when the coming of Brigaut threw such excitement into Pierrette’s life.
Brigaut
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From this reading Sylvie Rogron and her brother departed for Provins four years before the time when the coming of Brigaut threw such excitement into Pierrette’s life.
brings
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From this reading PATHOLOGY OF RETIRED MERCERS When the petty shopkeeper who has come to Paris from the provinces returns to the provinces from Paris he brings with him a few ideas; then he loses them in the habits and ways of provincial life into which he plunges, and his reforming notions leave him.
brother
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From this reading Sylvie Rogron and her brother departed for Provins four years before the time when the coming of Brigaut threw such excitement into Pierrette’s life.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the doings of the pair after their arrival at Provins are as necessary to relate as their life in Paris; for Provins was destined to be not less fatal to Pierrette than the commercial antecedents of her cousins!
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading From this there do result, however, certain trifling, slow, successive changes by which Paris scratches the surface of the provincial towns.
certain
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From this reading From this there do result, however, certain trifling, slow, successive changes by which Paris scratches the surface of the provincial towns.
changes
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From this reading From this there do result, however, certain trifling, slow, successive changes by which Paris scratches the surface of the provincial towns.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading PATHOLOGY OF RETIRED MERCERS When the petty shopkeeper who has come to Paris from the provinces returns to the provinces from Paris he brings with him a few ideas; then he loses them in the habits and ways of provincial life into which he plunges, and his reforming notions leave him.
coming
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From this reading Sylvie Rogron and her brother departed for Provins four years before the time when the coming of Brigaut threw such excitement into Pierrette’s life.
commercial
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From this reading But the doings of the pair after their arrival at Provins are as necessary to relate as their life in Paris; for Provins was destined to be not less fatal to Pierrette than the commercial antecedents of her cousins!
cousins
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From this reading But the doings of the pair after their arrival at Provins are as necessary to relate as their life in Paris; for Provins was destined to be not less fatal to Pierrette than the commercial antecedents of her cousins!
departed
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From this reading Sylvie Rogron and her brother departed for Provins four years before the time when the coming of Brigaut threw such excitement into Pierrette’s life.
destined
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From this reading But the doings of the pair after their arrival at Provins are as necessary to relate as their life in Paris; for Provins was destined to be not less fatal to Pierrette than the commercial antecedents of her cousins!
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading From this there do result, however, certain trifling, slow, successive changes by which Paris scratches the surface of the provincial towns.
doings
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From this reading But the doings of the pair after their arrival at Provins are as necessary to relate as their life in Paris; for Provins was destined to be not less fatal to Pierrette than the commercial antecedents of her cousins!
excitement
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From this reading Sylvie Rogron and her brother departed for Provins four years before the time when the coming of Brigaut threw such excitement into Pierrette’s life.
fatal
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From this reading But the doings of the pair after their arrival at Provins are as necessary to relate as their life in Paris; for Provins was destined to be not less fatal to Pierrette than the commercial antecedents of her cousins!
few
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From this reading PATHOLOGY OF RETIRED MERCERS When the petty shopkeeper who has come to Paris from the provinces returns to the provinces from Paris he brings with him a few ideas; then he loses them in the habits and ways of provincial life into which he plunges, and his reforming notions leave him.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Sylvie Rogron and her brother departed for Provins four years before the time when the coming of Brigaut threw such excitement into Pierrette’s life.
four
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From this reading Sylvie Rogron and her brother departed for Provins four years before the time when the coming of Brigaut threw such excitement into Pierrette’s life.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading PATHOLOGY OF RETIRED MERCERS When the petty shopkeeper who has come to Paris from the provinces returns to the provinces from Paris he brings with him a few ideas; then he loses them in the habits and ways of provincial life into which he plunges, and his reforming notions leave him.
habits
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From this reading PATHOLOGY OF RETIRED MERCERS When the petty shopkeeper who has come to Paris from the provinces returns to the provinces from Paris he brings with him a few ideas; then he loses them in the habits and ways of provincial life into which he plunges, and his reforming notions leave him.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading PATHOLOGY OF RETIRED MERCERS When the petty shopkeeper who has come to Paris from the provinces returns to the provinces from Paris he brings with him a few ideas; then he loses them in the habits and ways of provincial life into which he plunges, and his reforming notions leave him.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading PATHOLOGY OF RETIRED MERCERS When the petty shopkeeper who has come to Paris from the provinces returns to the provinces from Paris he brings with him a few ideas; then he loses them in the habits and ways of provincial life into which he plunges, and his reforming notions leave him.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Sylvie Rogron and her brother departed for Provins four years before the time when the coming of Brigaut threw such excitement into Pierrette’s life.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading PATHOLOGY OF RETIRED MERCERS When the petty shopkeeper who has come to Paris from the provinces returns to the provinces from Paris he brings with him a few ideas; then he loses them in the habits and ways of provincial life into which he plunges, and his reforming notions leave him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading PATHOLOGY OF RETIRED MERCERS When the petty shopkeeper who has come to Paris from the provinces returns to the provinces from Paris he brings with him a few ideas; then he loses them in the habits and ways of provincial life into which he plunges, and his reforming notions leave him.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading From this there do result, however, certain trifling, slow, successive changes by which Paris scratches the surface of the provincial towns.
ideas
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From this reading PATHOLOGY OF RETIRED MERCERS When the petty shopkeeper who has come to Paris from the provinces returns to the provinces from Paris he brings with him a few ideas; then he loses them in the habits and ways of provincial life into which he plunges, and his reforming notions leave him.
III
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From this reading III.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But the doings of the pair after their arrival at Provins are as necessary to relate as their life in Paris; for Provins was destined to be not less fatal to Pierrette than the commercial antecedents of her cousins!
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Sylvie Rogron and her brother departed for Provins four years before the time when the coming of Brigaut threw such excitement into Pierrette’s life.
leave
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From this reading PATHOLOGY OF RETIRED MERCERS When the petty shopkeeper who has come to Paris from the provinces returns to the provinces from Paris he brings with him a few ideas; then he loses them in the habits and ways of provincial life into which he plunges, and his reforming notions leave him.
less
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From this reading But the doings of the pair after their arrival at Provins are as necessary to relate as their life in Paris; for Provins was destined to be not less fatal to Pierrette than the commercial antecedents of her cousins!
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sylvie Rogron and her brother departed for Provins four years before the time when the coming of Brigaut threw such excitement into Pierrette’s life.
loses
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From this reading PATHOLOGY OF RETIRED MERCERS When the petty shopkeeper who has come to Paris from the provinces returns to the provinces from Paris he brings with him a few ideas; then he loses them in the habits and ways of provincial life into which he plunges, and his reforming notions leave him.
MERCERS
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From this reading PATHOLOGY OF RETIRED MERCERS When the petty shopkeeper who has come to Paris from the provinces returns to the provinces from Paris he brings with him a few ideas; then he loses them in the habits and ways of provincial life into which he plunges, and his reforming notions leave him.
necessary
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From this reading But the doings of the pair after their arrival at Provins are as necessary to relate as their life in Paris; for Provins was destined to be not less fatal to Pierrette than the commercial antecedents of her cousins!
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But the doings of the pair after their arrival at Provins are as necessary to relate as their life in Paris; for Provins was destined to be not less fatal to Pierrette than the commercial antecedents of her cousins!
notions
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From this reading PATHOLOGY OF RETIRED MERCERS When the petty shopkeeper who has come to Paris from the provinces returns to the provinces from Paris he brings with him a few ideas; then he loses them in the habits and ways of provincial life into which he plunges, and his reforming notions leave him.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Sylvie Rogron and her brother departed for Provins four years before the time when the coming of Brigaut threw such excitement into Pierrette’s life.
pair
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From this reading But the doings of the pair after their arrival at Provins are as necessary to relate as their life in Paris; for Provins was destined to be not less fatal to Pierrette than the commercial antecedents of her cousins!
Paris
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From this reading But the doings of the pair after their arrival at Provins are as necessary to relate as their life in Paris; for Provins was destined to be not less fatal to Pierrette than the commercial antecedents of her cousins!
PATHOLOGY
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From this reading PATHOLOGY OF RETIRED MERCERS When the petty shopkeeper who has come to Paris from the provinces returns to the provinces from Paris he brings with him a few ideas; then he loses them in the habits and ways of provincial life into which he plunges, and his reforming notions leave him.
petty
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From this reading PATHOLOGY OF RETIRED MERCERS When the petty shopkeeper who has come to Paris from the provinces returns to the provinces from Paris he brings with him a few ideas; then he loses them in the habits and ways of provincial life into which he plunges, and his reforming notions leave him.
Pierrette
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From this reading But the doings of the pair after their arrival at Provins are as necessary to relate as their life in Paris; for Provins was destined to be not less fatal to Pierrette than the commercial antecedents of her cousins!
Pierrette's
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From this reading Sylvie Rogron and her brother departed for Provins four years before the time when the coming of Brigaut threw such excitement into Pierrette’s life.
plunges
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From this reading PATHOLOGY OF RETIRED MERCERS When the petty shopkeeper who has come to Paris from the provinces returns to the provinces from Paris he brings with him a few ideas; then he loses them in the habits and ways of provincial life into which he plunges, and his reforming notions leave him.
provinces
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From this reading PATHOLOGY OF RETIRED MERCERS When the petty shopkeeper who has come to Paris from the provinces returns to the provinces from Paris he brings with him a few ideas; then he loses them in the habits and ways of provincial life into which he plunges, and his reforming notions leave him.
provincial
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From this reading PATHOLOGY OF RETIRED MERCERS When the petty shopkeeper who has come to Paris from the provinces returns to the provinces from Paris he brings with him a few ideas; then he loses them in the habits and ways of provincial life into which he plunges, and his reforming notions leave him.
Provins
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From this reading Sylvie Rogron and her brother departed for Provins four years before the time when the coming of Brigaut threw such excitement into Pierrette’s life.
reforming
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From this reading PATHOLOGY OF RETIRED MERCERS When the petty shopkeeper who has come to Paris from the provinces returns to the provinces from Paris he brings with him a few ideas; then he loses them in the habits and ways of provincial life into which he plunges, and his reforming notions leave him.
relate
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From this reading But the doings of the pair after their arrival at Provins are as necessary to relate as their life in Paris; for Provins was destined to be not less fatal to Pierrette than the commercial antecedents of her cousins!
result
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From this reading From this there do result, however, certain trifling, slow, successive changes by which Paris scratches the surface of the provincial towns.
RETIREDverbUS /rɪˈtaɪərd/
went away to a private place
From this reading PATHOLOGY OF RETIRED MERCERS When the petty shopkeeper who has come to Paris from the provinces returns to the provinces from Paris he brings with him a few ideas; then he loses them in the habits and ways of provincial life into which he plunges, and his reforming notions leave him.
returns
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From this reading PATHOLOGY OF RETIRED MERCERS When the petty shopkeeper who has come to Paris from the provinces returns to the provinces from Paris he brings with him a few ideas; then he loses them in the habits and ways of provincial life into which he plunges, and his reforming notions leave him.
Rogron
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From this reading Sylvie Rogron and her brother departed for Provins four years before the time when the coming of Brigaut threw such excitement into Pierrette’s life.
scratches
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From this reading From this there do result, however, certain trifling, slow, successive changes by which Paris scratches the surface of the provincial towns.
shopkeeper
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From this reading PATHOLOGY OF RETIRED MERCERS When the petty shopkeeper who has come to Paris from the provinces returns to the provinces from Paris he brings with him a few ideas; then he loses them in the habits and ways of provincial life into which he plunges, and his reforming notions leave him.
slow
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From this reading From this there do result, however, certain trifling, slow, successive changes by which Paris scratches the surface of the provincial towns.
successive
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From this reading From this there do result, however, certain trifling, slow, successive changes by which Paris scratches the surface of the provincial towns.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Sylvie Rogron and her brother departed for Provins four years before the time when the coming of Brigaut threw such excitement into Pierrette’s life.
surface
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From this reading From this there do result, however, certain trifling, slow, successive changes by which Paris scratches the surface of the provincial towns.
Sylvie
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From this reading Sylvie Rogron and her brother departed for Provins four years before the time when the coming of Brigaut threw such excitement into Pierrette’s life.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading But the doings of the pair after their arrival at Provins are as necessary to relate as their life in Paris; for Provins was destined to be not less fatal to Pierrette than the commercial antecedents of her cousins!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Sylvie Rogron and her brother departed for Provins four years before the time when the coming of Brigaut threw such excitement into Pierrette’s life.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading But the doings of the pair after their arrival at Provins are as necessary to relate as their life in Paris; for Provins was destined to be not less fatal to Pierrette than the commercial antecedents of her cousins!
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading PATHOLOGY OF RETIRED MERCERS When the petty shopkeeper who has come to Paris from the provinces returns to the provinces from Paris he brings with him a few ideas; then he loses them in the habits and ways of provincial life into which he plunges, and his reforming notions leave him.
then
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From this reading PATHOLOGY OF RETIRED MERCERS When the petty shopkeeper who has come to Paris from the provinces returns to the provinces from Paris he brings with him a few ideas; then he loses them in the habits and ways of provincial life into which he plunges, and his reforming notions leave him.
there
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From this reading From this there do result, however, certain trifling, slow, successive changes by which Paris scratches the surface of the provincial towns.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading From this there do result, however, certain trifling, slow, successive changes by which Paris scratches the surface of the provincial towns.
threw
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From this reading Sylvie Rogron and her brother departed for Provins four years before the time when the coming of Brigaut threw such excitement into Pierrette’s life.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sylvie Rogron and her brother departed for Provins four years before the time when the coming of Brigaut threw such excitement into Pierrette’s life.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But the doings of the pair after their arrival at Provins are as necessary to relate as their life in Paris; for Provins was destined to be not less fatal to Pierrette than the commercial antecedents of her cousins!
towns
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From this reading From this there do result, however, certain trifling, slow, successive changes by which Paris scratches the surface of the provincial towns.
trifling
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From this reading From this there do result, however, certain trifling, slow, successive changes by which Paris scratches the surface of the provincial towns.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But the doings of the pair after their arrival at Provins are as necessary to relate as their life in Paris; for Provins was destined to be not less fatal to Pierrette than the commercial antecedents of her cousins!
ways
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From this reading PATHOLOGY OF RETIRED MERCERS When the petty shopkeeper who has come to Paris from the provinces returns to the provinces from Paris he brings with him a few ideas; then he loses them in the habits and ways of provincial life into which he plunges, and his reforming notions leave him.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Sylvie Rogron and her brother departed for Provins four years before the time when the coming of Brigaut threw such excitement into Pierrette’s life.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading PATHOLOGY OF RETIRED MERCERS When the petty shopkeeper who has come to Paris from the provinces returns to the provinces from Paris he brings with him a few ideas; then he loses them in the habits and ways of provincial life into which he plunges, and his reforming notions leave him.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading PATHOLOGY OF RETIRED MERCERS When the petty shopkeeper who has come to Paris from the provinces returns to the provinces from Paris he brings with him a few ideas; then he loses them in the habits and ways of provincial life into which he plunges, and his reforming notions leave him.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading PATHOLOGY OF RETIRED MERCERS When the petty shopkeeper who has come to Paris from the provinces returns to the provinces from Paris he brings with him a few ideas; then he loses them in the habits and ways of provincial life into which he plunges, and his reforming notions leave him.
years
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From this reading Sylvie Rogron and her brother departed for Provins four years before the time when the coming of Brigaut threw such excitement into Pierrette’s life.
