“Good news!” he cried, as soon as he saw her; “we have caught the minx at last.”
CHAPTER XLIII
It was the second day after Marie-Anne’s installation at the Borderie.
That event was the general topic of conversation; and Chanlouineau’s will was the subject of countless comments.
“Here is Monsieur Lacheneur’s daughter with an income of more than two thousand francs, without counting the house,” said the old people, gravely.
“An honest girl would have had no such luck as that!” muttered the unattractive maidens who had not been fortunate enough to secure husbands.
This was the great news which Chupin brought to Mme. Blanche.
She listened to it, trembling with anger, her hands so convulsively clinched that the nails penetrated the flesh.
“What audacity!” she exclaimed. “What impudence!”