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The Luncheon

This happened many years ago when I lived in Paris and was very poor. A lady had read a book of mine and wanted to have a talk with me. She asked me to give her a small luncheon at a restaurant, which she named. I was very young and I couldn't say "no" to a lady. I had only eighteen francs, all the money till the end of the month. "A small luncheon will not cost more than fifteen francs", I thought.

So, we met at the restaurant, which she had chosen.

She was a woman of forty, and she talked a lot. When the waiter brought a menu, I saw that the prices were very high, but she said, "I never eat much for luncheon." And she ordered a piece of salmon.

"Will you have anything while we are preparing it?" asked the waiter.

"No," she answered. "I never eat more than one thing. I want caviar."

I knew that I didn't have enough money to pay for caviar, but I couldn't tell her that. For myself I ordered the cheapest thing on menu, a beefsteak.

"What will you drink? " I asked her.

"My doctor lets me drink only champagne!"

It seemed to me that my face became white...

She ate the caviar, and she ate the salmon, she drank champagne and took a peach which was not in season. She talked of art , literature and music... But all I wanted to know was what the "small" luncheon would cost me.

"You know," she said as she was eating the ice cream, "I usually don't eat luncheon. I have a cup of coffee in the morning and then dinner. But if I must eat luncheon, then I never eat more than one thing."

The bill came, and when I paid it, I had the whole month before me and not a penny in my pocket.

I am not a bad man. But I'm glad that today she weighs more than three hundred pounds (about 130 kilos).

So I had my revenge at last.

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The young man lived in the capital of a European country many years ago.

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The Luncheon

This happened many years ago when I lived in Paris and was very poor. A lady had read a book of mine and wanted to have a talk with me. She asked me to give her a small luncheon at a restaurant, which she named. I was very young and I couldn't say "no" to a lady. I had only eighteen francs, all the money till the end of the month. "A small luncheon will not cost more than fifteen francs", I thought.

So, we met at the restaurant, which she had chosen.

She was a woman of forty, and she talked a lot. When the waiter brought a menu, I saw that the prices were very high, but she said, "I never eat much for luncheon." And she ordered a piece of salmon.

"Will you have anything while we are preparing it?" asked the waiter.

"No," she answered. "I never eat more than one thing. I want caviar."

I knew that I didn't have enough money to pay for caviar, but I couldn't tell her that. For myself I ordered the cheapest thing on menu, a beefsteak.

"What will you drink? " I asked her.

"My doctor lets me drink only champagne!"

It seemed to me that my face became white...

She ate the caviar, and she ate the salmon, she drank champagne and took a peach which was not in season. She talked of art , literature and music... But all I wanted to know was what the "small" luncheon would cost me.

"You know," she said as she was eating the ice cream, "I usually don't eat luncheon. I have a cup of coffee in the morning and then dinner. But if I must eat luncheon, then I never eat more than one thing."

The bill came, and when I paid it, I had the whole month before me and not a penny in my pocket.

I am not a bad man. But I'm glad that today she weighs more than three hundred pounds (about 130 kilos).

So I had my revenge at last.

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The young man decided to have a lucneon with his close friend.

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The Luncheon

This happened many years ago when I lived in Paris and was very poor. A lady had read a book of mine and wanted to have a talk with me. She asked me to give her a small luncheon at a restaurant, which she named. I was very young and I couldn't say "no" to a lady. I had only eighteen francs, all the money till the end of the month. "A small luncheon will not cost more than fifteen francs", I thought.

So, we met at the restaurant, which she had chosen.

She was a woman of forty, and she talked a lot. When the waiter brought a menu, I saw that the prices were very high, but she said, "I never eat much for luncheon." And she ordered a piece of salmon.

"Will you have anything while we are preparing it?" asked the waiter.

"No," she answered. "I never eat more than one thing. I want caviar."

I knew that I didn't have enough money to pay for caviar, but I couldn't tell her that. For myself I ordered the cheapest thing on menu, a beefsteak.

"What will you drink? " I asked her.

"My doctor lets me drink only champagne!"

It seemed to me that my face became white...

She ate the caviar, and she ate the salmon, she drank champagne and took a peach which was not in season. She talked of art , literature and music... But all I wanted to know was what the "small" luncheon would cost me.

"You know," she said as she was eating the ice cream, "I usually don't eat luncheon. I have a cup of coffee in the morning and then dinner. But if I must eat luncheon, then I never eat more than one thing."

The bill came, and when I paid it, I had the whole month before me and not a penny in my pocket.

I am not a bad man. But I'm glad that today she weighs more than three hundred pounds (about 130 kilos).

So I had my revenge at last.

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A young lady wanted to have a talk with the man.