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Excerpt from Poetry and Poets, Vol. 3 of 3
The generous and witty Madame de la Sabliere furnished him with a commodious apartment in her hguse and one day, having discharged all her servants in a pet, declared that she had only retained three animals in her house, which were her dog, her cat, and Fontaine. In this situation he continued twenty years; and a day or two after losing his generous patroness, met his ac quaintance, M. D'hervart: My dear Fontaine, (said that worthy man to him, ) I have heard of your misfortune, andwas going to propose your coming to live with me I was going to you, answered Fontaine.
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