Vulgar words in Some Diversions of a Man of Letters (Page 1)
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Belgard, afraid that Gramont will make love to Felicia (that is, to his own secret wife), persuades him--in order that his best friend, Castalio, may be released from a debtor's prison--bigamously to many Lamira, a wealthy widow.
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She happens to forget an engagement, which was of no sort of importance, and this is how she apologises:-- "To think that every hour since you said you would come I have repeated to myself--Gosse at 5, Gosse at 5, and then after all to go meandering off and leaving you to cuss and swear on the doorstep, and you will never come again now, really.