"Are you indeed so very rich?"
"So rich that in this respect I envy those who have yet anything to wish for."
"Well, who knows whether you may not one day find somebody richer than you. In the meantime I thank you in the name of our working-women, for while the men in the service of the Republic sacrifice their time the families at home are obliged to suffer."
"Distribute this money according as you think proper, and if you wish to favor me do not bestow any of it toward public collections. I dislike this ostentatious mode of benevolence."
"I am of the same opinion. But now tell me how will you be able to console Madame de Morcerf?"
"First step here to the window, Monsieur Beauchamp; do you see the yacht which has her steam up?"
"Yes. What is the matter with that fine ship?"
"It will depart for foreign parts to-morrow morning."
"And what is her destination?"