Your husband is the natural heir, and it is only just that the Seigneury should go on in the direct line.

It is best." "Even with all Louis' mistakes ?" "Even with them.

You have set them right, and you will keep him within the bounds of wisdom and prudence.

You are his guardian angel, Madelinette." She looked up at him with a pensive smile and a glance of gratitude.
"But suppose that will--if there is one--exists, see how false our position!" "Do you think it is mere accident that the will has never been found--if it was not destroyed by the Seigneur himself before he died?
No, there is purpose behind it, with which neither you or I or Louis have anything to do.

Ah, it is good to have you here in this Seigneury, my child! What you give us will return to you a thousandfold.