You will see that the purse did not always respond to the wishes of the heart." It is true that Jasmin's wedding-garment was not very sumptuous, nor was his bride's; but they did the best that they could, and looked forward with hope.

Jasmin took his wife home to the pleasant house on the Gravier; and joy and happiness sat down with them at their own fireside.
There was no Charivari, because their marriage was suitable.

Both had been poor, and the wife was ready and willing to share the lot of her young husband, whether in joy or sorrow.

Their home was small and cosy--very different from the rat-haunted house of his lame mother and humpbacked father.
Customers came, but not very quickly.

The barber's shop was somewhat removed from the more populous parts of the town.