Word: slummier
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Outwardly, little Madeleine's life was a succession of sleazy flats in the slummier parts of Paris, poor food, illness, and an environment in which bawds and criminal riffraff were taken for granted. Her father died a pauper, and for several days, while her mother tried to raise money for a funeral, the body lay in their tiny, one-room-and-kitchen flat. Madeleine's mother wor ried about the effect on the child, but a worldly neighbor snapped: "Let her be! . . . Hide nothing from your little Madeleine, and if later her luck changes, she'll know...
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