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One thousand pounds amply sufficed for dotation to the convent: the other four thousand pounds are given in trust to the eminent notary, M. Nadaud, Rue . On applying to him, you will find that the sum, with the accumulated interest, is bequeathed to you, a tribute of gratitude for the assistance you afforded me in the time of your own need, and the kindness with which you acknowledged our relationship and commiserated my misfortunes.
"It is fortunate," exclaimed Van Hout, "that this paper is a piece of paper and nothing more." "The document has no legal value whatever," added the notary, "for it was taken from me and opened with the explicit statement, that changes were to be made. Here is a great deal to be read on the back."
Daniel was a little shaken; but he remained firm. "Oh!" he said, "there are still some honest people in the world." "Ah?" laughed the notary. And, from the manner in which he shook his head, it was clearly seen that experience had made him very sceptical on that subject. "If you would only listen to me," he resumed, "I could prove to you" But Daniel interrupted him, and said,
The notary started, passed his hand over his face, and said to the priest: "Pardon, M. l'Abbe, but I was thinking I was thinking of the immense extension that this bank for the poor might have from the returned loans. If the loans of each year were regularly repaid at the end of four years, it would have already loaned about fifty thousand crowns on pledge or gratuitously.
You dare not go on, monsieur! 'Dare not, mademoiselle? said the notary, with a superior air. 'No, monsieur. Think of what the good God and the holy saints would say! This poor girl has brought much punishment on herself, but ah, monsieur, think of the verdict of Heaven!
"No, no," answered Polidori, casting a look at the notary which he well understood, "it gives me great pleasure to hear from your own lips the noble sentiments which have guided you in this work of philanthropy." "So be it I will read," said the notary, hastily, taking up a paper which lay upon his desk.
But the notary of the village, who in the wilds of Gascony does not draw more than thirty-six deeds a year, sends his son to study law at Paris; the hatter wishes his son to be a notary, the lawyer destines his to be a judge, the judge wishes to become a minister in order that his sons may be peers. At no epoch in the world's history has there been so eager a thirst for education.
I was guilty of an infamous act," said the notary, lowering his voice, "a crime that would not only have brought upon my head the penalty of death, but which meant the confiscation of my goods, the ruin of my family, poverty and shame for my only son that very son, sire, for whom I, miserable wretch, had wished to ensure a brilliant future by means of my frightful crime: you had in your hands the proofs of this!
Therese, Gregoire's widow, arrived with her offspring, her son Robert, who now managed the mill under her control, and her three daughters, Genevieve, Aline, and Natalie, followed by quite a train of children, ten belonging to the daughters and four to Robert. Next came Louise, notary Mazaud's wife, and Madeleine, architect Herbette's wife, followed by Dr.
His ancestors on his father's side were also learned and distinguished men his father was a notary, his grandfather "a very learned man," and his great-grandfather "a famous physician in those times."
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