This grave political crisis had rejuvenated him, and he seemed to rise to meet each emergency with a buoyancy that sat strangely on white hairs.
They talked together upon the fascinating topic, while I, who had no part in the game, sat and listened.

The Baron was very cunning, and, as it seemed to me, very contemptible.

With all the vices that are mine, I thank heaven that I have never loved money; for that love, it seems, undermines much that is manly and honest in upright hearts.
Money, it will be remembered, was at the root of the last quarrel I had with my father--the last fatal breach, which will have to be patched up in another world.

Money has, as it will be seen by such as care to follow me through these pages, dogged my life from beginning to end.

I have run my thick head against those pursuing it, each in his different manner, getting lamentably in their way, and making deadly enemies for myself.
Monsieur de Clericy, in his frank and open way, gave fuller details of his own intentions.