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Yesterday she translated the 'Dundee News' more intelligently than Bendit. And it was the first time that she had read trade journal stuff." "Does anyone know who her parents were?" asked the manager. "Perhaps Talouel does; I do not," said Vulfran. "She is in a very miserable and pitiful condition," said the manager. "I gave her five francs for her food and lodging."
The call was so imperative that they all ran to the office together. "You are there?" asked the blind man; "Talouel, Theodore and Casimir?" All three replied together. "I have just learned of the death of my son," said their employer. "Stop work in all the factories immediately. Tomorrow the funeral services will be held in the churches at Maraucourt, Saint-Pipoy and all the other villages."
"I certainly should know," said Talouel, "if it relates to personal affairs. Do you know that he is ill from worrying over matters which might kill him? If he now received some news that might cause him great sorrow or great joy, it might prove fatal to him. He must not be told anything suddenly. That is why I ought to know beforehand anything that concerns him, so as to prepare him.
As she crossed the veranda she saw Talouel, who, with his hands thrust in his pockets, was strolling about as though on the lookout for all that passed in the yards as well as in the offices. "Where are you going?" he demanded. "To the cable office with a message," replied Perrine. She held the paper in one hand and the money in the other.
"And I suppose you find," continued Talouel, as he helped his employer to get down, "that the one who has replaced him deserves your trust?" "Exactly," said the blind man again. "I'm not astonished," added the crafty Talouel. "The day when Rosalie brought her here I thought there was something in her, and I was sure you would soon find that out."
The next morning, when Theodore and Casimir entered their uncle's office to attend to the correspondence, they were amazed to see Perrine installed at her table as though she were a fixture there. Talouel had taken care not to tell them, but he had contrived to be present when they entered so as to witness their discomfiture. The sight of their amazement gave him considerable enjoyment.
After a time Talouel came to tell his employer that out of the six children that they had thought were dead, three had been found in the homes of neighbors, where they had been carried when the fire first broke out. The burial for the other three tiny victims was to take place the next day. When Talouel had gone, Perrine, who had been very thoughtful, decided to speak to M. Vulfran.
With Perrine's aid she got her handkerchief out of her pocket. Talouel strode up and down the porch. After the handkerchief had been twisted around the wounded hand he came over to poor Rosalie and stood towering above her. "Empty your pockets," he ordered. She looked at him, not understanding. "I say, take everything out of your pockets," he said again.
He places every confidence in me, and I must see that nothing hurts him." If Perrine had not known Talouel she might have been won by his words; but after what she had heard the factory girls say about him, and the talk that she had overheard between Fabry and Mombleux, who were men able to judge character, she felt that she could not believe in him. He was not sincere.
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