Set me up in business, and I'll keep my word." "Prevent the marriage and I will set you up," said the post master.
"It is nine months since you have been thinking of lending me a paltry fifteen thousand francs to buy Lecoeur's practice, and you expect me to trust you now! Nonsense; you'll lose your uncle's property, and serve you right." "It if were only a matter of fifteen thousand francs and Lecoeur's practice, that might be managed," said Zelie; "but to give security for you in a hundred and fifty thousand is another thing." "But I'll do my part," said Goupil, flinging a seductive look at Zelie, which encountered the imperious glance of the post mistress.
The effect was that of venom on steel.
"We can wait," said Zelie.
"The devil's own spirit is in you," thought Goupil.

"If I ever catch that pair in my power," he said to himself as he left the yard, "I'll squeeze them like lemons." By cultivating the society of the doctor, the abbe, and Monsieur Bongrand, Savinien proved the excellence of his character.

The love of this young man for Ursula, so devoid of self-interest, and so persistent, interested the three friends deeply, and they now never separated the lovers in their thoughts.

Soon the monotony of this patriarchal life, and the certainty of a future before them, gave to their affection a fraternal character.

The doctor often left the pair alone together.