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After  this  adventure,  open  hostility  breaks  out
between  my  friend  and  me.  He  gives  me  to
understand  that  I  am  an  idler,  and  that  my
presence  is  superfluous.  To  this  I  rejoin  that  I
must  wait  for  the  arrival  of  important  letters,
but  that  I  am  ready  at  any  time  to  go  to  an
hotel.  He  now  plays  the  role  of  the  injured
party.     As  a  matter  of  fact,  I  cannot  leave  for


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want  of  money.  For  the  rest,  I  anticipate  that
a  turning-point  in  my  destiny  is  at  hand.  My
health  is  now  restored  again ;  I  sleep  quietly  and
work  diligently.  The  wrath  of  Providence  seems
to  have  spent  itself,  for  my  exertions  are  crowned
with  success  in  all  quarters.  If  I  take  a  book
at  haphazard  out  of  the  doctor's  library,  it
always  gives  the  explanation  I  was  looking  for.
