Frederick urged as an objection the difficulty of grappling with all the details of business.
"Pooh! I could post you up well in them in a very short time."
Would he like to be a partner in any of his own undertakings?
The young man saw, as by a lightning-flash, an enormous fortune coming into his hands.
"Let us go in again," said the banker. "You are staying for supper with us, are you not?"
It was three o'clock. They left the terrace.
In the dining-room, a table at which supper was served up awaited the guests.
M. Dambreuse perceived Martinon, and, drawing near his wife, in a low tone:
"Is it you who invited him?"
She answered dryly: