If he could not continue to work in the office he could hardly obtain a meagre relief, and that by favor only.

And for long years I can only hope for an insufficient salary.

Oh! to think that the catastrophe draws near, that one of these days he may fall ill and become infirm, perhaps, and that we shall be almost needy and I shall be unable to surround him with care in his old age.

That is what makes me tremble!" They walked along side by side upon the moist, soft ground of the large garden, under the leafless trees, where hung a slight penetrating mist which made them shiver under their wraps.
"Amedee," said she, looking at the young man with a serious gentleness, "I have known you from a child, and I am the elder.

I am twenty-two; that makes me almost an old maid, Amedee, and gives me the right to scold you a little.