Well, let us go ahead--let us begin at once.

What do you say ?" "I should prefer, General, to be more mature; but it would be both folly and ingratitude in me not to accede to your kind wish.

What shall I do first ?" "Well, my young friend, instead of leaving tomorrow for Paris, you must go to your estate at Reuilly: go there and conquer Des Rameures." "And who are the Des Rameures, General ?" "You do not know the Des Rameures?
The deuce! no; you can not know them! That is unfortunate, too.
"Des Rameures is a clever fellow, a very clever fellow, and all-powerful in his neighborhood.

He is an original, as you will see; and with him lives his niece, a charming woman.

I tell you, my boy, you must please them, for Des Rameures is the master of the county.