The lease is just out, having lasted twenty-four years; in a few months you can raise the rent to six thousand francs and get a premium for double that amount.

Borrow what you need of some honest man,--not from the townspeople who make a business of mortgages.

Your neighbour here is a most worthy man; a man of good society, who knew it as it was before the Revolution, who was once an atheist, and is now an earnest Catholic.

Do not let your feelings debar you from going to his house this very evening; he will fully understand the step you take; forget for a moment that you are a Kergarouet." "Never!" said the old mother, in a sharp voice.
"Well, then, be an amiable Kergarouet; come when he is alone.

He will lend you the money at three and a half per cent, perhaps even at three per cent, and will do you this service delicately; you will be pleased with him.