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And he pointed his speech with an energetic gesture toward the Colleville windows , which could be seen through the passage from the alley of the Luxembourg , where they were walking alone , in that immense tract trodden by so many and various young ambitions . `` I have been frank , and I expected reciprocity , '' resumed Theodose . `` I myself have had days without food , madame ; I have managed to live , pursue my studies , obtain my degree , with two thousand francs for my sole dependence ; and I entered Paris through the Barriere d'Italie , with five hundred francs in my pocket , firmly resolved , like one of my compatriots , to become , some day , one of the foremost men of our country . The man who has often picked his food from baskets of scraps where the restaurateurs put their refuse , which are emptied at six o'clock every morning -- that man is not likely to recoil before any means , -- avowable , of course . Well , do you think me the friend of the people ? '' he said , smiling . `` One has to have a speaking-trumpet to reach the ear of Fame ; she does n't listen if you speak with your lips ; and without fame of what use is talent ?