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I must end by finding some money . '' Then he went out , hoping that an idea might occur to him in the street . It did not ; but at every restaurant he passed a longing to eat made his mouth water . As by noon he had failed to hit on any plan , he suddenly made up his mind : `` I will lunch out of Clotilde 's twenty francs . That wo n't hinder me from paying them back to-morrow . '' He , therefore , lunched for two francs fifty centimes . On reaching the office he also gave three francs to the messenger , saying : `` Here , Foucart , here is the money you lent me last night for my cab . ''