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Updated: April 30, 2025
After a while, and unable to hold in any longer: "Would it be indiscreet," timidly inquired the old bronze-merchant, "to ask the nature of the charges against that poor Favoral?" "Embezzlement, sir." "And is the amount large?" "Had it been small, I should have said theft. Embezzling commences only when the sum has reached a round figure."
Her children had no time to answer and comfort her; for at this moment the door-bell rang again. "Who can it be now?" said Mme. Favoral with a start. This time there was no discussion in the hall. Steps sounded on the floor of the dining-room; the door opened; and M. Desclavettes, the old bronze-merchant, walked, or rather slipped into the parlor.
"It is childish of you to run the risk of discouraging a clever fellow who makes half a million a year," continued the wife of the old bronze-merchant, to whom such conduct seemed an abominable crime of lese-money. Mlle. Gilberte had withdrawn her hands. "You did not hear what he said, madame." "I beg your pardon: I was quite near, and involuntarily " "You have heard his propositions?"
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