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My husband's services were no longer required at B , and he once more returned to help to gather in our scanty harvest. Many of the old debts were paid off by his hard-saved pay; and though all hope of continuing in the militia service was at an end, our condition was so much improved that we looked less to the dark than to the sunny side of the landscape.
Yes, we can marry her if we please to the son of a peer of France, for she will be an heiress." "A noble fortune!" said Monsieur Heron. "Monsieur Maxence Gilet will make up this loss to you," said Madame Hochon. "Let my hard-saved money go to a scapegrace like you? no, indeed!" cried Monsieur Hochon. "Forgive me!" stammered Baruch.
In his own mind he was going over the simple operations he had to perform to start the engine; yet easy as they were he was afraid that he might make some fatal mistake. He did not let himself think of failure; he did not dare to wonder how he should tell his wife if anything went wrong and all her hard-saved earnings were lost in the general ruin that must follow if the thing would not move.
You saw them: toilers and savers, tired mothers and fathers, worn with the grinding thrift of all the year, but now for this one night careless of how hard-saved the money, reckless of everything but the joy of giving it to bring the children joy on the one great to-morrow.
When he arrives at such a stately termination of his journey, where his services are required, either to bring a wretch into the world, or prevent one from leaving it, the scene of misery is often such, that, far from touching the hard-saved shillings which are gratefully offered to him, he bestows his medicines as well as his attendance for charity.
My husband's services were no longer required at P, and he once more returned to help to gather in our scanty harvest. Many of the old debts were paid off by his hard-saved pay; and though all hope of continuing in the militia service was at an end, our condition was so much improved that we looked less to the dark than to the sunny side of the landscape.
The law in such matters was severe. It demanded that a delinquent against the State if he be a slave shall lose his right hand, or his tongue, or his ears; that he should moreover forfeit his entire hard-saved belongings to the treasury and lose all chance of ever obtaining his freedom. But the praefect had been lenient, and though he could not dismiss the offender, he mitigated his punishment.
Yes, we can marry her if we please to the son of a peer of France, for she will be an heiress." "A noble fortune!" said Monsieur Heron. "Monsieur Maxence Gilet will make up this loss to you," said Madame Hochon. "Let my hard-saved money go to a scapegrace like you? no, indeed!" cried Monsieur Hochon. "Forgive me!" stammered Baruch.
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