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...ultimate destination. So when the Marquis and she, financially ruined and forced to leave Paris on account of the collapse of a wildcat series of projects in which the Marquis had been a dummy director, arrived in the wilds of the Argentine, under the protection of engineer Robledo, a friend of the Marquis' youth, you can imagine what a mellow apple of discord Elena proved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Temptress* | 9/17/1923 | See Source »

Richard Watson very properly married Celinda. Twelve years later the happy couple, their four children, the engineer, Robledo?all now extremely rich?returned to Paris on a visit. The visit brought up memories of Elena. Robledo wondered what could have become of her?and found her by accident, on the streets of Montmartre, a mere rag of a woman, with everything gone but a taste for good whiskey. So that was the end of Elena, and a very suitable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Temptress* | 9/17/1923 | See Source »

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