My future depends on yours, and I sha'n't let you commit any follies." "I am rich enough to care only for happiness," replied Desire.
"What are you two plotting together ?" cried Zelie, beckoning to the two friends, who were standing in the middle of the courtyard, to come into the house.
The doctor disappeared into the Rue des Bourgeois with the activity of a young man, and soon reached his own house, where strange events had lately taken place, the visible results of which now filled the minds of the whole community of Nemours.

A few explanations are needed to make this history and the notary's remark to the heirs perfectly intelligible to the reader..