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The Gods Are Athirst
Anatole France · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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Lemma.
An allowance or compensation paid for service. The stated eighteen livres per sitting makes the jury appointment a means of subsistence for mother and son. The mother’s satisfaction at the prospect of frequent sittings gives the multiplication of state crimes an unsettling household benefit. The passage supplies no modern-money equivalent.
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- Chapter VIII, paragraph 37Frenchune indemnité de dix-huit livres par séance: An allowance of eighteen livres per sitting. The mother learns the rate and expects the work to be frequent.