“But what need have we of so much money, my dear?” said Adeline, throwing her arms about her husband; “I am soon to be a mother, that is to me the greatest of all joys; with your love I desire no other——”
“My dear love, what you say is very pretty; I share your sentiments, but I see farther than you do. Never fear, we shall be very happy some day.”
“Ah! my dear, never so happy, never more happy than I have been; before you knew Dufresne, you thought of nobody but me!”
“Well, now you are going to talk about Dufresne, are you? You don’t like him; you have taken a grudge against him. What has he done to cause this? He gives me good advice, and he is pushing me along the road to wealth; I don’t see in that any reason for detesting him!”
“I detest nobody.”
“But you receive him coldly, and Madame Dolban too.”
“I receive him as I do everybody.”
“Oh! no doubt; you would like to live like a bear, and never see any company.”
“I have not said that; but formerly I was enough for you, and you didn’t need company to be happy in your home.”
“Pshaw! now you are crying! tears are no argument! how childish you are! you know perfectly well that I love you, that I love nobody but you!”