Do not name her to him; and come here and let me know how the proposal has been taken." "Your confidence delights me as much as it honors me," replied Cerizet, "and I will justify it the best I can." "We must not expect too much," said du Portail.

"Refusal will be the first impulse of a man who has an affair on hand elsewhere; but we need not consider ourselves beaten.

I shall not easily give up a plan which I know to be just, even if I push my zeal so far as to put la Peyrade under lock and key in Clichy.

I am resolved not to take no for his answer to a proposal of which, in the end, he cannot fail to see the propriety.

Therefore, in any case, buy up those notes from Monsieur Dutocq." "At par ?" asked Cerizet.
"Yes, at par, if you cannot do better; we are not going to haggle over a few thousand francs; only, when this transaction is arranged, Monsieur Dutocq must pledge us either his assistance, or, at the very least, his neutrality.