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In addition to that he owed Forestier a hundred francs , Jacques Rival three hundred , and he was hampered with innumerable petty debts ranging from twenty francs to one hundred sous . On the fourteenth of December , he was left without a sou in his pocket . As he had often done before , he did not lunch , and spent the afternoon working at the office . At four o'clock he received a telegram from Mme. de Marelle , saying : `` Shall we dine together and afterward have a frolic ? '' He replied at once : `` Impossible to dine , '' then he added : `` But I will expect you at our apartments at nine o'clock . '' Having sent a boy with the note in order to save the money for a telegram , he tried to think of some way by which he could obtain his evening meal . He waited until all of his associates had gone and when he was alone , he rang for the porter , put his hand in his pocket and said : `` Foucart , I have left my purse at home and I have to dine at the Luxembourg .