"All the fortune of M. de Saint Remy, the son, came from his mother."
"But no matter; how can he leave his father—"
"His father would accept nothing from him."
"Why is that?"
"This is once more a question to which I cannot reply, my dear child; but I heard my poor brother say that the generosity of this young man was generally praised. Young and generous, he ought to be good. Thus, learning from me that my husband was the intimate friend of his father, perhaps he might interest himself in procuring us some work or employment; he has so many brilliant and numerous relations, that this would be easy."
"And then we could find out from him, perhaps, if M. de Saint Remy, his father, should have left Angers before you wrote to him; that would explain his silence."
"I believe that M. de Saint Remy, my child, has no intercourse with his father. In fine, it is only to try."
"Unless M. d'Orbigny should answer you in a favorable manner; and I repeat it, I do not know why, but, in spite of myself, I have hope."
"But already many days have elapsed, my child, since I have written, and nothing—nothing yet. A letter put in the office before four o'clock in the afternoon, arrives the next morning at Aubiere; five days have now passed since we might have received an answer."
"Perhaps he is thinking, before he writes, in what way he can be useful to us."