But she turned abruptly towards the window. He mistook this gesture and said to himself, "She would like to have it all, I suppose. I'd better make a square bargain with her right here." Then aloud,—
"Mademoiselle Fouchette!"
"Yes, monsieur,"—coldly.
"What is your idea?"
"As to what, Monsieur Jean?"
"Well, say about our domestic affairs, if you will."
"Well, monsieur, very simply this: I will care for the place if you wish,—somebody must care for it——"
"Yes, that is evident, and I wish you to help me, if you will."
"Then I'll serve the breakfasts and any other meal you wish to pay for. In other words, if you prefer it in terms, I will be your housekeeper. I can cook, and I'm a good buyer and——"
"No doubt of that, mon enfant; but I am a poor man now, you know, and the pay——"