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If Melchior Goulden had been there he would have opposed this or that , and it would not have failed to produce a great effect . ' '' Then he would laugh and shake his head and say : `` Every one thinks he has more wit and good sense than the others , but Benjamin Constant always pleases me . '' We could say nothing more , his desire to read the gazette was so great . One day Catherine said to him : `` If you wish to hear the news , that is no reason why you should make yourself sick , you have only to do as the old carpenter Carabin does , he arranged last week with Father Hoffman , and he sends him the journal every night at seven o'clock , after the others have read it , for which he pays him three francs a month . In this way , without any trouble to himself , Carabin knows everything that goes on , and his wife , old Bevel , also ; they sit by the fire and talk about all these things and discuss them together , and that is what you should do . '' `` Ah ! Catherine , that is an excellent idea , but -- the three francs ? ''