/lit/ - Literature

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>from impoverished though regionally 'important' family
>join army, fuck off after a few years
>travel dissolutely through neighboring countries
>do ok gambling
>marry a woman who is considered beautiful and who has lots of money whom I sort of hate
>Drink and slack off
>have son with above woman
>love him and spend most of my days happily and soberly with him

Just no final duel and exile yet, though I've been shot at twice in a non-military context in younger years.