However, it was not of that that I came to speak.

Tell me--I know not whether a report I hear is correct.
Pardon me if I mistake, for you know I never would dream of offending you; but they say that you have been left in very bad circumstances.

If this is indeed so, my friend--" "It is not," interrupted Camors, abruptly.
"Well, if it were--I do not intend keeping my little house.

Why should I, now?
My little son can wait while I work for him.

Then, after selling my house, I shall have two hundred thousand francs.