Do you promise ?" "Yes, yes," answered Godfrey, "only I am afraid of Madame Riennes." "You must stand up against her if she troubles you, and seek the help of religion; if necessary consult your old Pasteur, for he is a good man.

There is no danger in the world that cannot be escaped if only one is bold enough, or so I think, though, alas! myself I have lacked courage," she added with a gentle sigh.
"Now, dear boy," she went on after pausing to recover strength, "I have a third thing to say to you.

I have left you some money, as I know that you will have little.

It is not every much, but enough, allowing for accidents and the lessening of capital values, to give you L260 a year clear.

I might have given you more, but did not, for two reasons.