She will leave it to you; you may take care of it." "Does your father know of your project ?" It was his last resource to invoke the authority of Montessuy.

He knew that his wife feared to displease her father.

He insisted: "Your father is full of sense and tact.

I have been happy to find him agreeing with me several times in the advices which I have permitted myself to give you.

He thinks as I do, that Madame Meillan's house is not a fit place for you to visit.