He lends--I should say gives; the words mean the same in many societies.

Of all that he has gained, fame alone remains, and even this he tries to do without--modest, retiring, shunning all entertainments.
I believe he would often be without the wherewithal to live were it not for his mother, whom he supports, and who does him the kindness to need something to live on.

Madame Lampron does not hoard; she only fills the place of those dams of cut turf which the peasants build in the channels of the Berry in spring; the water passes over them, beneath them, even through them, but still a little is left for the great droughts.
I love my friend Lampron, though fully aware of his superiority.

His energy sets me up, his advice strengthens me, he peoples for me the vast solitude of Paris.
Suppose I go to see him?
A lonely watch to-night would be gloomier than usual.

The death of the year brings gloomy thoughts, the thirty-first of December, St.Sylvester's day--St.Sylvester! Why, that is his birthday! Ungrateful friend, to give no thought to it! Quick! my coat, my stick, my hat, and let me run to see these two early birds before they seek their roost.
When I entered the studio, Lampron was so deep in his work that he did not hear me.