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"You are right," said Cerizet, sententiously; "never contradict a sick man. This evening I'll come and see you, and nothing, I think, need prevent us from examining a little closer those matters of inheritance." "I see," said Madame Cardinal, winking. "To-night, then," said Cerizet, not wishing to prolong the conversation.
Under the pressure which Cerizet now applied, the iron side rose quickly into the thickness of the wall above, and in the midst of a mass of gold thrown pell-mell into a large excavation that was now exposed to view, lay a case of red morocco, which, from its size and appearance, gave promise of magnificent booty.
I knew perfectly well that I had seen him enter. Well, doctor," she continued, addressing Cerizet, "I am not satisfied with the condition of my little one, not satisfied at all; she is very pallid, and has grown so thin. I think she must be teething." Du Portail made Cerizet a sign to accept the role so abruptly thrust upon him.
"Yes, I do!" replied the lender by "the little week." "No, you don't." "You intend not to give up those fifteen thousand francs." Theodose shrugged his shoulders and looked fixedly at Cerizet, who, struck by the two motions, kept silence. "Would you live in my position, knowing yourself within range of a cannon loaded with grape-shot, without feeling a strong desire to get out of it?
Cerizet, thus fallen, step by step, to the lowest rung of the social ladder, had recourse to pity in order to obtain the place of copying clerk in Dutocq's office. In the depths of his wretchedness the man still dreamed of revenge, and, as he had nothing to lose, he employed all means to that end. Dutocq and himself were bound together in depravity.
Denisart was partial to blue; his roomy trousers and well-worn greatcoat were both of blue cloth. "'How long is it since that old fogy came here? inquired Maxime, thinking that he saw danger in the spectacles. "'Oh, from the beginning, returned Antonia, 'pretty nearly two months ago now. "'Good," said Maxime to himself, 'Cerizet only came to me a month ago.
Everybody has heard of Petit-Claud's success as attorney-general; he is the rival of the great Vinet of Provins, and it is his ambition to be President of the Court-Royal of Poitiers. Cerizet has been in trouble so frequently for political offences that he has been a good deal talked about; and as one of the boldest enfants perdus of the Liberal party he was nicknamed the "Brave Cerizet."
"You remember," said Cerizet, coming out with it, "that some time ago Dutocq and I were much puzzled to know how la Peyrade was, all of a sudden, able to make that payment of twenty-five thousand francs?" "Ha!" said the old man quickly, "have you discovered the origin of that very improbable sum in our friend's hands; and is that origin shady?" "You shall judge," said Cerizet.
Cerizet, to whom Claparon had revealed the password and the notary's retreat, went out to this hiding-place to say to the latter: "One of my friends, Claparon, whom you know, has asked me to come and see you; he will expect you to-morrow, in the evening, you know where.
Thuillier was incensed at what he called an abuse of power, and finding himself alone with Cerizet later in the day, he hastened to pour his griefs and resentments into the bosom of his faithful manager, thus affording the latter a ready-made and natural opportunity to insinuate the calumnious revelation agreed upon with du Portail.
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