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"Adeline!" exclaimed the Baron in bewilderment, and he locked the shop door. "Joseph, go out the back way," he added to the stove-fitter. "My dear!" she said, forgetting everything in her excessive joy, "you can come home to us all; we are rich. Your son draws a hundred and sixty thousand francs a year!
She was roused from her melancholy meditation by the entrance of the stove-fitter, who came to assure her of his prosperity. "In a year's time, madame, I can repay the money you lent us, for it is God's money, the money of the poor and wretched. If ever I make a fortune, come to me for what you want, and I will render through you the help to others which you first brought us."
She was roused from her melancholy meditation by the entrance of the stove-fitter, who came to assure her of his prosperity. "In a year's time, madame, I can repay the money you lent us, for it is God's money, the money of the poor and wretched. If ever I make a fortune, come to me for what you want, and I will render through you the help to others which you first brought us."
Suppose you were to see him, madame; it is not two steps away, in the Passage du Soleil." So the lady and the stove-fitter went out. "This way, madame," said the man, turning down the Rue de la Pepiniere. The alley runs, in fact, from the bottom of this street through to the Rue du Rocher.
The stove-fitter returned to make his bow to his benefactress, and she desired him to fetch a coach. When he came back, she begged him to give little Atala Judici a home, and to take her away at once.
I shall be beaten " "Come, come, Atala," said the Baron, "this lady is my wife we must part " "She! As old as that! and shaking like a leaf!" said the child. "Look at her head!" and she laughingly mimicked the Baroness' palsy. The stove-fitter, who had run after the girl, came to the carriage door. "Take her away!" said Adeline. The man put his arms round Atala and fairly carried her off.
The stove-fitter returned to make his bow to his benefactress, and she desired him to fetch a coach. When he came back, she begged him to give little Atala Judici a home, and to take her away at once.
I shall be beaten " "Come, come, Atala," said the Baron, "this lady is my wife we must part " "She! As old as that! and shaking like a leaf!" said the child. "Look at her head!" and she laughingly mimicked the Baroness' palsy. The stove-fitter, who had run after the girl, came to the carriage door. "Take her away!" said Adeline. The man put his arms round Atala and fairly carried her off.
"Adeline!" exclaimed the Baron in bewilderment, and he locked the shop door. "Joseph, go out the back way," he added to the stove-fitter. "My dear!" she said, forgetting everything in her excessive joy, "you can come home to us all; we are rich. Your son draws a hundred and sixty thousand francs a year!
A cap with a peak and a greasy green shade for the eyes suggested either precautions for disguise, or weak eyes, which was not unlikely in an old man. "He is upstairs," said the stove-fitter. "I will go up and tell him to come down." Adeline lowered her veil and took a seat.
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