"Monsieur, my respects to you"; and he went away, paying no attention to Felicie or Martha.
"I have been studying the Code for the last two days, and I have consulted an experienced old lawyer, a friend of my uncle," said Emmanuel, in a hesitating voice.

"If you will allow me, I will go to Amsterdam to-morrow and see Monsieur Conyncks.

Listen, dear Marguerite--" He uttered her name for the first time; she thanked him with a smile and a tearful glance, and made a gentle inclination of her head.

He paused, looking at Felicie and Martha.
"Speak before my sister," said Marguerite.

"She is so docile and courageous that she does not need this discussion to make her resigned to our life of toil and privation; but it is best that she should see for herself how necessary courage is to us." The two sisters clasped hands and kissed each other, as if to renew some pledge of union before the coming disaster.
"Leave us, Martha." "Dear Marguerite," said Emmanuel, letting the happiness he felt in conquering the lesser rights of affection sound in the inflections of his voice, "I have procured the names and addresses of the purchasers who still owe the remaining two hundred thousand francs on the felled timber.