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Updated: June 2, 2025
I know that you are no enemy to handsome 'dots, for you have sought them in various places, Thuillier's house, for instance, or, to use your own expression, that of a strumpet whom you scarcely knew.
La Peyrade was clever enough not only to whitewash himself in Monsieur Thuillier's eyes, but to get him to secure the debt." "But," said Thuillier, "how do you know that I did give security for that debt, if you have not seen him since then?" "I know it from the woman herself, who tells the whole story now she is certain of being paid."
The table was lighted by two hideous candlesticks of plated silver with four branches each, in which shone eight of those thrifty wax-candles that go by the name of Aurora. The linen was dazzling in whiteness, and the silver, with beaded edges, was the fruit, evidently, of some purchase made during the Revolution by Thuillier's father.
"Perhaps I do," replied the countess, with another smile. "May I dare to utter a suspicion, madame?" said la Peyrade, with some agitation. "Yes, say what you think," replied Madame de Godollo. "I shall not blame you if you guess right." "Well, madame, our enemies, Thuillier's and mine, are a woman."
Brigitte licked her lips; she perceived the means of keeping her own property intact, and of enriching her brother by this use of Madame Thuillier's fortune. "My brother is right," she said to Theodose; "you certainly are a rare man; you'll get on in the world." "And he'll walk before me," responded Theodose with a naivete that touched the old maid. "You will live in the family," she said.
"Oh! godmother!" whispered Celeste, yielding to the freshness of her feelings, "suppose it were he!" And the tears filled her eyes as she pressed Madame Thuillier's hand. At this moment the servant threw open the door of the salon, and, singular complication! announced Monsieur Felix Phellion.
By calling in the marital authority in support of her own, Brigitte showed weakness before the unexpected resistance thus made to her inveterate tyranny. Madame Thuillier's calm words, which became every moment more resolute, baffled her completely, and she found no resource but insolence.
"No," replied la Peyrade; "and I don't feel in the mood just now to be imaginative." "Well, here's the situation," said Cerizet. "The government has another candidate, which it doesn't yet produce, because the ministerial negotiations with him have been rather difficult. During this time Thuillier's chances have been making headway.
This purchase increased Thuillier's importance ten-fold. As for the notary, he had temporarily lost his head in presence of political events which came upon him like a waterspout out of cloudless skies.
However secretive Mademoiselle Thuillier might be, and she said nothing of her investments to any one, not even to her brother, although a large amount of Madame Thuillier's fortune went to swell the amount of her own savings, it was difficult to prevent some ray of light from gliding under the bushel which covered her treasure.
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