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Updated: September 15, 2025
Marriages are made and unmade." "The shortest way," said Goupil, "if the doctor is likely to live much longer, is to marry her to some worthy young man who will get her out of your way by settling at Sens, or Montargis, or Orleans with a hundred thousand francs in hand." Dionis, Massin, Zelie, and Goupil, the only intelligent heads in the company, exchanged four thoughtful smiles.
He made Massin, who was completely his dupe, sue the Marquis du Rouvre for his notes, so as to force him to sell the remainder of his property to Minoret. Thus prepared, he opened negotiations for a practice at Sens, and then resolved to strike a last blow to obtain Ursula. He meant to imitate certain young men in Paris who owed their wives and their fortunes to abduction.
The doctor received his great-niece on the mother's side somewhat coldly; her husband had just bought the place of clerk of the court, and the pair began at once to tell him of their difficulties. Neither Massin nor his wife were rich.
That anniversary was the last pleasure of the old doctor who, seized perhaps with a presentiment of his end, gave a little ball, to which he invited all the young people in the families of Dionis, Cremiere, Minoret, and Massin.
"I wish those seals were already on, so that we could go home," said Minoret. "We shall have to put a watcher over them," said Massin. "La Bougival is capable of anything in the interests of that minx. We'll put Goupil there." "Goupil!" said the post master; "put a rat in the meal!" "Well, let's consider," returned Massin.
"Come," said Minoret to his wife and son, "why don't you bow to my uncle?" "I shouldn't be mistress of myself before that little hypocrite," cried Zelie, carrying off her son. "I advise you, uncle, not to go to mass without a velvet cap," said Madame Massin; "the church is very damp."
"We feared sometimes we were in your way but it is such a long time since our children have paid you their respects; our girls are old enough now to make dear Ursula's acquaintance." "Ursula is a little bear, like her name," replied the doctor. "Let us tame her," said Madame Massin.
If I don't know how to write prescriptions I know how to paddle my boat as well as he I can tell him that!" "As I am far from having forty thousand francs a year," said Madame Massin, rather piqued, "I don't want to lose ten thousand." "We are his nieces; we ought to take care of him, and then besides we shall see how things are going," said Madame Cremiere; "you'll thank us some day, cousin."
For this my mother had recourse to the mother of Dica Petit, my fellow student at the Conservatoire. I went with Madame Dica Petit to M. Massin, a manufacturer of these make-up boxes. He was the father of Leontine Massin, another Conservatoire pupil.
"She said it was Beethoven, who is thought to be fine musician," said the collector; "he has quite a reputation." "Not in Nemours, I'm sure of that," said Madame Cremiere. "I believe uncle made her play it expressly to drive us away," said Massin; "for I saw him give that little minx a wink as she opened the music-book."
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