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I went from there to a wood merchant and ordered half a cord of wood, telling the cartman and the sawyer to take the bill, which I made the dealer receipt to the name of citizen Mongenod, and give it to the little woman. "There ends the period of what I long called my foolishness," said Monsieur Alain, clasping his hands and lifting them with a look of repentance.
Would you believe it," he continued after this interruption, "the smallness of my means to do the work I now desired to do brought back the thought of Mongenod. 'If it were not for Mongenod, I kept saying to myself, 'I could do so much more.
As soon as Godefroid gave his name, Frederic begged him to be seated; and as the banker opened the lid of his desk, Louis Mongenod and the lady, who was no other than Madame de la Chanterie, rose and went up to him.
"It is the will of Providence rather than mere chance that has brought us here together, monsieur," she said to Godefroid; "for I had almost decided to refuse a lodger whose ways of life seemed to me quite antipathetic to those of my household; but Monsieur Mongenod has just given me some information about your family which "
"Mamma," said she this word was to the stern old lady a coaxing expression which never failed of its effect "will you do me a great favor? Take the carriage and go yourself to my banker, Monsieur Mongenod, with a note I will give you, and bring back six thousand francs. Come, come it is an act of charity; come into my room."
I have often accused you, cursed you. 'You had the right to do so, Alain, he replied, blushing; 'you suffered, and through me. I took Mongenod's note from my desk and returned it to him. 'You will all stay and breakfast with me, I hope? I said to the family. 'On condition that you dine with us, said Mongenod. 'We arrived yesterday.
Bonaparte has won the battle of Marengo, peace will be signed, I may safely rejoin my family; and I have need to, for my dear little wife is about to give birth to a child. 'And so you have sacrificed me to your own interests? said I. 'Yes, he answered, 'for I believed you my friend. At that moment I felt myself inferior to Mongenod, so sublime did he seem to me as he said those grand words.
At the time of the marriage, it was a question of saving to the family a million of francs which my uncle had left by will to that person. Happily, my wife took to drinking; at her death, I come into possession of that million, which is now in the hands of Mongenod and Sons.
'Yes, I replied. 'It shall never be that my childhood's comrade and the friend of my youth left me for America under the feeling that I was angry with him. Mongenod kissed me, with tears in his eyes, and rushed away." Monsieur Alain stopped in his narrative for an instant and looked at Godefroid. "I remember that day with some satisfaction," he said.
Mongenod not only did not send me a ticket, but I saw him from a distance coming towards me in that dark passage under the Theatre Feydeau, well dressed, almost elegant; he pretended not to see me; then, after he had passed and I turned to run after him, my debtor hastily escaped through a transverse alley.
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