He is good-hearted, and a fine fellow to look at.
And as to worldly advantages, his position is now equal to your own.
I have made over to him, by legal contract, the half of his father's estate.

What answer am I to take back ?" He spoke with difficulty in broken sentences, without turning his eyes toward Mademoiselle Vincart.

The silence that followed his last question seemed to him unbearable, and the contrasting chirping of the noisy grasshoppers, and the buzzing of the flies in the quiet sunny garden, resounded unpleasantly in his ears.
Reine remained speechless.

She was disconcerted and well-nigh overpowered by the unexpected announcement, and her brain seemed unable to bear the crowd of tumultuous and conflicting emotions which presented themselves.

Certainly, she had already suspected that Claudet had a secret liking for her, but she never had thought of encouraging the feeling.