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"Till I am Madame la Marechale I shall not think myself successful," replied the cousin; "but they are all beginning to wish for it. This morning I went to Victorin's I forgot to tell you.
In spite of two hundred thousand francs given by Crevel to his daughter at the time when his vanity was flattered by this marriage, before the Baron had robbed him of Josepha; in spite of the two hundred thousand francs paid off by Victorin in the course of seven years, the property was still burdened with a debt of five hundred thousand francs, in consequence of Victorin's devotion to his father.
Victorin's keen eye examined this so-called pilgrim hermit, and he saw a fine specimen of the Neapolitan friars, whose frocks are akin to the rags of the lazzaroni, whose sandals are tatters of leather, as the friars are tatters of humanity. The get-up was so perfect that the lawyer, though still on his guard, was vexed with himself for having believed it to be one of Madame Nourrisson's tricks.
Towards the end of May, Baron Hulot's pension was released by Victorin's regular payment to Baron Nucingen. As everybody knows, pensions are paid half-yearly, and only on the presentation of a certificate that the recipient is alive: and as Hulot's residence was unknown, the arrears unpaid on Vauvinet's demand remained to his credit in the Treasury.
"How much to you want of me?" "Whatever you feel that you ought to give me." Victorin took a five-franc piece from a little pile on his table, and handed it to the stranger. "That is not much on account of fifty thousand francs," said the pilgrim of the desert. This speech removed all Victorin's doubts. "And has Heaven kept its word?" he said, with a frown.
"How much to you want of me?" "Whatever you feel that you ought to give me." Victorin took a five-franc piece from a little pile on his table, and handed it to the stranger. "That is not much on account of fifty thousand francs," said the pilgrim of the desert. This speech removed all Victorin's doubts. "And has Heaven kept its word?" he said, with a frown.
"Till I am Madame la Marechale I shall not think myself successful," replied the cousin; "but they are all beginning to wish for it. This morning I went to Victorin's I forgot to tell you.
Victorin's keen eye examined this so-called pilgrim hermit, and he saw a fine specimen of the Neapolitan friars, whose frocks are akin to the rags of the lazzaroni, whose sandals are tatters of leather, as the friars are tatters of humanity. The get-up was so perfect that the lawyer, though still on his guard, was vexed with himself for having believed it to be one of Madame Nourrisson's tricks.
Towards the end of May, Baron Hulot's pension was released by Victorin's regular payment to Baron Nucingen. As everybody knows, pensions are paid half-yearly, and only on the presentation of a certificate that the recipient is alive: and as Hulot's residence was unknown, the arrears unpaid on Vauvinet's demand remained to his credit in the Treasury.
In spite of two hundred thousand francs given by Crevel to his daughter at the time when his vanity was flattered by this marriage, before the Baron had robbed him of Josepha; in spite of the two hundred thousand francs paid off by Victorin in the course of seven years, the property was still burdened with a debt of five hundred thousand francs, in consequence of Victorin's devotion to his father.
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