And naturally, when it does come, it is a shock." "Is it hereditary gout, Clara ?" "Gout! Nonsense, Arnold! When the will was read, I said to myself, 'Claude is certain to come back and claim his own.

It is his right, and I hope he will come.

But for my own part, I have not the least intention of calling upon the governess.' Then three or four years passed away, and I heard--I do not remember how--that he was dead.

And then I waited for his heirs, his children, or their guardians.

But they did not come." "And now they have really come?
Oh, Clara, this is indeed a misfortune." "No, Arnold; call it a restitution, not a misfortune.