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The mother of the child cornes up and engages in conversation with Charlotte, She asks whai Charlotte means to do in Paris and^ hearing that she has no friends, offers to take her in and help her, Charlotte thanks her, but déclines.

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L 1878. vous fuyez la maison, 'you are leavîng home.* L 1880. un état, literally 'a condition' — a profession, or means of eaming a living.

L 1881. Cela se voit à, 'that is plain from.'

1.1881. un luthier, 'a musical instrument maker'; from luth^ 'a lute.'

L 1885. notre vie^ *our living.'

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