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1、SAMUELBROHL&COMPANYSAMUELBROHL&COMPANYVICTORCHERBULIEZ1SAMUELBROHL&COMPANYCHAPTERIWeretheeventsofthisnetherspheregovernedbythecalculusofprobabilities,CountAbelLarinskiandMlle.AntoinetteMoriazwouldalmostunquestionablyhavearrivedattheendoftheirrespectivecareerswithouteverhavingmet.CountLarinski
2、livedinVienna,Austria;Mlle.MoriazneverhadbeenfartherfromParisthanCormeilles,whereshewenteveryspringtoremainthroughoutthefineweather.NeitheratCormeillesnoratParishadsheeverheardofCountLarinski;andhe,onhispart,waswhollyunawareoftheexistenceofMlle.Moriaz.Hismindwasoccupiedwithagunofhisowninventi
3、on,whichshouldhavemadehisfortune,andwhichhadnotmadeit.Hehadhopedthatthiswarlikeweapon,atrue/chef-d'oeuvre/,inhisopinionsuperiorinprecisionandrangetoanyotherknown,wouldbeappreciated,accordingtoitsmerits,bycompetentjudges,andwouldonedaybeadoptedfortheequipmentoftheentireAustro-Hungarianinfantry
4、.Bymeansofunremittingperseverance,hehadsucceededinobtainingtheappointmentofanofficialcommissiontoexamineit.ThecommissiondecidedthattheLarinskimusketpossessedcertainadvantages,butthatithadthreedefects:itwastooheavy,thebreechbecamechokedtoorapidlywithoilfromthelubricator,andthecostofmanufacture
5、wastoohigh.CountAbeldidnotlosecourage.Hegavehimselfuptostudy,devotednearlytwoyearstoperfectinghisinvention,andappliedallhisincreasedskilltorenderinghisgunlighterandlesscostly.Whenputundertest,thenewfirearmburst,andthisvexatiousincidentruinedforeverthereputationoftheLarinskigun.Farfrombecoming
6、enriched,theinventorhadsunkhisexpenses,hisadvancesofeverykind;hehadrecklesslysquanderedbothrevenueandcapital,which,tobesure,wasnotveryconsiderable.Mlle.AntoinetteMoriazhadamorefortunatedestinythanCountLarinski.Shedidnotplumeherselfonhavinginventedanewgun,nordidshedependuponheringenuityforaliv
7、elihood;shehadinheritedfromhermotherayearlyincomeofaboutahundredthousandlivres,whichenabledhertoenjoylifeandmakeothershappy,forshewasverycharitable.Shelovedtheworldwithoutlovingittoomuch;sheknewhowtodowithoutit,2SAMUELBROHL&COMPANYhavingabund
