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Poor Charles ! '' The manager , to whom he communicated the contents of that letter , grumblingly gave his consent . He repeated : `` But return speedily , you are indispensable to us . '' Georges Duroy left for Cannes the next day by the seven o'clock express , after having warned Mme. de Marelle by telegram . He arrived the following day at four o'clock in the afternoon . A commissionnaire conducted him to Villa Jolie . The house was small and low , and of the Italian style of architecture .