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Gérard: These girls! What can you do? They're always engaged. And it's serious business. One can't go without the other. My wife and I rarely go out together. Though I love my wife and am essentially faithful, I can still enjoy the company of a pretty girl. And I see no reason to attend some boring event unless there's hope of meeting a pretty girl to flirt with. That's the least one can ask.
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Frédéric: [voice over] If there's one thing I'm incapable of now, it's trying to seduce a girl. I'd have no idea what to say and no reason to speak to her anyway. I want nothing from her. I have no proposition to make. Yet I feel marriage is hemming me in, cutting me off, and I want to escape.
Françoise Verley
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