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Rh "He came into the room, went to the cupboard, took out the bag and pocket-book, and both began, for the third time, to count their gold and bank-notes. I never saw such an expression of cupidity as the flickering lamp revealed in the two countenances. The woman, especially, was hideous; the feverish tremulousness she usually had was redoubled;

her countenance had become livid, and her eyes resembled burning coals.

"'Why,' she inquired in a hoarse voice, "did you invite him to sleep here to-night?

"'Why,' said Caderousse, with a shudder; 'why, that he might not have the trouble of returning to Beaucaire.'