three in the
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`` You see very well I have not , '' he replied , and again lowered his head . Duroy went on : `` Hang it all , it is ever so much nicer here than in Paris . We are still in the middle of winter there . It snows , it freezes , it rains , and it is dark enough for the lamps to be lit at three in the afternoon . '' `` Anything new at the paper ? '' asked Forestier . `` Nothing .