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There were eighteen francs in her purse. She emptied them into Jeannette's hand as she left the tavern.
"You are a good girl," she said; "do what you can for him. He cannot eat the food here. Go to the house of Hummel, the vintner, and buy brandy for him. We shall send to-morrow. If you think that we should come sooner, you will find me at the house of the Countess of Goersdorf in the Place Kleber. I am Madame Lefort. You may have heard my name!"