He feels himself much more engaged to Gracieuse, now, when somebody is in the secret, and somebody in the family who does not repulse him.

He had a presentiment that Arrochkoa would not be hostile to him, but his co-operation, so clearly offered, far surpasses Ramuntcho's hope--Poor little abandoned fellow, so conscious of the humbleness of his situation, that the support of another child, a little better established in life, suffices to return to him courage and confidence!.