It is impossible that this conferring with the doctor and the money-lender could have originated in my son's weak brain.

He is a mere child, and some one must have put him up to it." The poor father was already seeking for some excuse for the son's conduct.
"I must not dwell on this longer," continued Gandelu, "or I shall get as mad as I was before.

I will look at your plans another day.

Now, let us get out of the house.

Come and look at the new building in the Champs Elysees." The mansion in question was situated at the corner of the Rue de Chantilly, near the Avenue des Champs Elysees, and the frontage of it was still marked by scaffolding, so that but little of it could be seen.