4. It was always the same story, business not prospering, the rent in arrears, the plate in pawn.
5. Having said this, M. Eyssette senior began to walk with big strides without speaking.
6. I have only succeeded in getting us over head and ears in debt.
7. To get out of it, you have only one decision to come to.
8. From what I see, there is no time to be lost.
9. “Are you not acquainted with what is going on?” he asked, heaving a deep sigh.
10. It was not without difficulty that he at length tore himself away from his friends’ embraces.
11. Travelling by himself and earning his living, he felt a grown-up man.
12. His father’s friend was a fine old man, with nothing about him savouring of the pedant.
13. If you wish to please me, you will not lose sight of him.