“But the greater part of our common stock is hers!”
“Then put up with her!”
“I can do it no longer.”
“Well, treat her as she treats her servants.”
“Ah! No! The deuce! She would pay me back in the same coin!”
Baudoin’s arrival interrupted the consultation. The unhappy tradesman arose, and said—
“The only place where I have a little quiet is here.”
“Well, that is something. Good-bye, sir. Consider me at your service if I can be of any use to you.”
Baudoin had taken a seat. Laforêt leaned over in his direction.