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Tuesday, 8 March 1881
Now I reproach myself for not having given my three thousand francs.
Maintenant je me reproche de ne pas avoir donné mes trois mille francs.
But why, after all — to strangers, to people I scarcely know!
Mais enfin pourquoi, à des étrangers, des inconnus presque !
In that case it would have been better to give them to the poor, as I had first intended.
Dans ce cas il aurait mieux valu les donner aux pauvres selon ma première idée.