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she replied , watching me attentively . I turned pale and clinched my teeth . `` In that case , ... '' I said , trying to carry her off in my arms . `` In that case , '' she answered , giving me a little tap on the cheek , `` I see that you are jealous ; but his must be a particular jealousy who at ten o'clock yearns for his mistress , only to hand her over at midnight to eight drunken men who will return her to him on the morrow as foul as the mud on the roads . '' `` Ah , you are right ! '' I exclaimed . `` Go , then ; go .