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‘Something.’
‘How much shall you need?’
‘Whereabouts in the neighborhood is there an ironmon-
ger’s shop?’
‘Rue Mouffetard.’
‘Ah! yes, at the corner of a street; I can see the shop.’
‘But tell me how much you will need for what you have
to purchase?’
‘Fifty sous—three francs.’
‘There won’t be much left for dinner.’
‘Eating is not the point to-day. There’s something better
to be done.’
‘That’s enough, my jewel.’
At this word from his wife, Jondrette closed the door
again, and this time, Marius heard his step die away in the
corridor of the hovel, and descend the staircase rapidly.
At that moment, one o’clock struck from the church of
Saint-Medard.

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