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Paris exile and English ruin test Esperance and Gaspard
Esperance and Gaspard flee revolutionary Paris and settle in London Pentonville. Language barriers and scarce work strain them as Lemercier’s failed dividend worsens their poverty. Esperance’s quiet endurance airs hope while Gaspard battles despair and a cat named Bismarck stands witness to their hardship.
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Gaspard
M. Lemercier
Mon Ami
Paris
Esperance
Eanlier
Commane
Semerciers
Serelx Brave Ladversire
Bune
Sperence
Case
Clemant Thomas
Ralge Gaspard
Calgis
Lugesee
Ari
Chateau
Dover
Victoria Station
London
Hyde Park
Thames Embankment
Westminster Abbay
Londen
Pentonville
Islington
Duteulties
Bismarck
Gasnora
Smalling
Hepstance
Mabillon
Te Sperance
Plksrim
Farblor
M Lemerciér
de Mablilon
Sens
Monsieur Lemercier
Cherie