The Sin of Monsieur Antoine, Volume 2 (of 2) and Leone Leoni

EMILE CONFESSES HIS LOVE FOR GILBERTE.
My dear Janille, he cried at last, with impetuous emotion, and you, noble and generous Antoine, listen to me and learn my secret at last. I love your daughter.
But, after sleeping twelve hours, Galuchet had only a very confused remembrance of the events of the preceding day, and, when Monsieur Cardonnet sent for him, he retained only a vague feeling of resentment against the carpenter. Moreover, he was little inclined to boast of having cut such an absurd figure at the outset of his diplomatic career, and he attributed his late rising and his sluggish manner to a violent sick-headache. I did nothing but feel the ground, he replied to his master's questions. I was feeling so miserable that I could not watch very closely. I can only assure you that they have very vulgar manners in that house, that they live on a footing of equality with peasants, and that the table is very poorly served.
That is no news to me, said Monsieur Cardonnet; it is impossible that you can have passed the whole day at Châteaubrun without noticing something more definite. At what hour did my son arrive, at what time did he leave?
I can't tell you just what time it was,—their old clock is so far out of the way!
That's not an answer. How many hours did he stay there? Come, I don't ask you to be exact to a minute.
It must have been five or six hours, monsieur; I was horribly bored. Monsieur Emile seemed far from glad to see me; and as for the girl, she's a downright prude. It was fearfully hot on that mountain, and I couldn't say two words without being interrupted by that peasant.
I can imagine it, for you don't say two words in succession this morning, Galuchet; what peasant do you mean?
That carpenter, Jappeloup, a miserable fellow, an animal who presumes to be familiar with everybody, and who speaks of monsieur as Père Cardonnet , as if he were speaking of his equal.
That doesn't trouble me; but what did my son say to him?