But, you see, Papa Charles is not rich enough to do for us what he would like.

If he could but have the great estates in this island which are his by right, he would be rich enough to do everything for us.
But some bad people have taken the land; and even though Papa Charles is a count, he is not rich enough to send us all to school; so our uncle, the Canon Lucien, teaches us many lessons.

He is not cross, let me tell you, Panoria; but he is--well, a little severe." "What, then, does he whip you ?" asked Panoria.
"No, he does not; but if he says we should be whipped, then Mamma Letitia hands us over to Nurse Mina Saveria; and she, I promise you, does not let us off from the whipping." All this Eliza admitted as if with vivid recollections of the vigor of Nurse Saveria's arm.
Panoria glanced toward the grotto amid the rocks.
"Does he--Napoleon--ever get whipped ?" she asked.
"Indeed he does not," Eliza grumbled; "or not as often as the rest of us," she added.

"And when he is whipped he does not even cry.

You should hear Joseph, though.