"Then if Marie is—satisfied—"
"Why shouldn't she be satisfied? Father says it is a great chance, for you see she can really have no dowry, there are so many of us. We must all wait for our share until father has gone."
"Gone? Where?" She looked up in surprise.
"Why, when he is dead. Everybody has to die, you know. And then the money they leave is divided."
Jeanne nodded. It shocked her in a vague sort of fashion, and she was glad Pani had no money.
"And Tony Beeson has a good house and a good business. I like him," the boy said, doggedly.
"Yes," assentingly. "But Marie is to marry him."
"Oh, the idea!" Pierre laughed immoderately. "Why a man always marries a woman."
"But your liking wouldn't help Marie."
"Oh, Marie is all right. She will like him fast enough. And it will be gay to have a wedding. That is to be about Christmas."