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me on. Ibis was my first lesson in PLONGEUR morality.
Later I realized how foolish it had been to have any scruples,
for the big hotels are quite merciless towards their employ-
ees. They engage or discharge men as the work demands,
and they all sack ten per cent or more of their staff when the
season is over. Nor have they any difficulty in replacing a
man who leaves at short notice, for Paris is thronged by ho-
tel employees out of work.
