Take the Shopman's offer and leave him to collect the costs,--if he wants them; tastes differ.

Didn't old Mariotte prefer losses to profits, in spite of my advice ?" Courtecuisse, filled with admiration for these words of wisdom, returned home burning with the desire to be a land-owner and a bourgeois like the rest.
When the general reached Les Aigues he related his expedition to Sibilet.
"Monsieur le comte did very right," said the steward, rubbing his hands; "but he must not stop short half-way.

The field-keeper of the district who allows the country-people to prey upon the meadows and rob the harvests ought to be changed.

Monsieur le comte should have himself chosen mayor, and appoint one of his old soldiers, who would have the courage to carry out his orders, in place of Vaudoyer.

A great land-owner should be master in his own district.