It is my own fault; another has been more successful than I.Well, I come now to tell you, like an honest man, that I sincerely love your sister Felicie.

Treat me therefore as a brother; accept my purse, take what you will from it,--the more you take the better you prove your regard for me.

I am wholly at your service--WITHOUT INTEREST, you understand, neither at twelve nor at one quarter per cent.

Let me be thought worthy of Felicie, that is all I ask.

Forgive my defects; they come from business habits; my heart is good, and I would fling myself into the Scarpe sooner than not make my wife happy." "This is all satisfactory, cousin," answered Marguerite; "but my sister's choice depends upon herself and also on my father's will." "I know that, my dear cousin," said the lawyer, "but you are the mother of the whole family; and I have nothing more at heart than that you should judge me rightly." This conversation paints the mind of the honest notary.