That's what Peirotte earns.

That's not all.

Peirotte does a little banking business on his own account.
It's allowed.

Perhaps I shall be disposed to make a venture when I feel luck on my side." "Well, let us say twenty thousand.

Twenty thousand francs a year!" repeated Felicite, overwhelmed by the amount.
"We shall have to repay the advances," Pierre observed.
"That doesn't matter," Felicite replied, "we shall be richer than many of those gentlemen.