Paragot

To me the idea of Paragot asking needy youngsters for the loan of five francs was exquisitely ludicrous; I am only setting down the impression of the _Quartier_ regarding him.

The Belovéd Vagabond William John Locke 1896

Has Mr.W. J. LOCKE'S hand -- the hand that created vagabond _Paragot_ for tears and laughter, and the resourceful _Aristide_ -- has it lost its particular cunning that he should begin his romance of _The Fortunate

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After having sold the books for a few shillings in Holywell Street, we marched up Fleet Street into the City, and entered a stupendous, unimagined building which Paragot informed me was his bank.

The Belovéd Vagabond William John Locke 1896

And who but Paragot would alter the course of human lives on the flash of an impulse?

The Belovéd Vagabond William John Locke 1896

Paragot had the aristocratic, artistic scorn of it; and I, as I have said before, was the pale reflexion of

The Belovéd Vagabond William John Locke 1896

The consequence of the second was that Paragot went to London.

The Belovéd Vagabond William John Locke 1896

Who but Paragot would have awakened a boy at two or three in the morning to announce an inspiration?

The Belovéd Vagabond William John Locke 1896

Paragot, who had sauntered down the studio to look at one of Cazalet's pictures.

The Belovéd Vagabond William John Locke 1896

I daresay he could have arranged matters through consuls and lawyers and such-like folk, but Paragot who was childishly simple in business matters obeyed the summons to London without question.

The Belovéd Vagabond William John Locke 1896

"Berzélius Paragot -- and he took the name of Nibbidard, which means 'no luck' -- so he loved to call himself Berzélius Nibbidard Paragot."

The Belovéd Vagabond William John Locke 1896