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You are but a boy." "I am nevertheless a silk-grower," smiled Pierre modestly. "It is because the men of our household are in the trenches that I " Impulsively the foreman thrust out his hand. "I too have relatives in the battle line," he said. "My brother and cousins are there, and I should be with them now were it not for an ugly wound I got at the Marne.
"He has raised some very fine silk and made a good profit by selling it. But every franc of the money was earned it never came to him easily." "We'll try to do as well as he has, won't we, Mother?" Marie said softly. "We must not expect to do anything as well as your father would have done it; he has been a very successful silk-grower.
"Well, just remember that your silk-house and your trees are worth a good sum to a silk-grower. In these uncertain days of war one can never tell when money may be needed. Of course you might not be able to get such a good price for your property now, because France is poor, and everything is selling for less than usual everything except food.
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