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The Two Brothers

CHAPTER XIV
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Your first move will be to Paris, where you will study banking under Messieurs Mongenod and Sons.

Ill-luck to you if you don't walk straight; you will be watched.

Your property is in the hand of Messieurs Mongenod; here is a cheque for the amount.
Now then, release me as guardian, and sign the accounts, and also this receipt," he added, taking the papers from Monsieur Heron and handing them to Baruch.
"As for you, Francois Hochon, you owe me money instead of having any to receive," said the old man, looking at his other grandson.

"Monsieur Heron, read his account; it is all clear--perfectly clear." The reading was done in the midst of perfect stillness.
"You will have six hundred francs a year, and with that you will go to Poitiers and study law," said the grandfather, when the notary had finished.

"I had a fine life in prospect for you; but now, you must earn your living as a lawyer.


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