Grace
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From then on, Duperrier spent most of his nights in shady hotels where he pursued his initiation with the neighborhood professionals. The halo, which he could hardly hide from the sight of these unsavory companions, got him into situations which were sometimes embarrassing and sometimes advantageous. At first, in his concern to follow the instructions laid forth in the manual, he devoted himself to the sin without much excitement, but with the methodical application of a dancer dissecting choreography. This concern for perfection which his pride imposed soon found its deplorable recompense in a certain notoriety that it earned him with the ladies. At the same time as he developed a keen taste for this type of exploits, Duperrier found them costly and suffered greatly from his avarice.
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