"Very well; you must plant them, Père Ledrux. You can tell us what we must buy at Paris and we'll bring you the seeds."
"That ain't worth while; I've got all those things at home or right in the neighborhood; I'll supply you with what you want, and they'll be better than you'd get in Paris; because we fellows, you understand, know more about such things than you do; it's our business. Have you come to-day for good?"
"No, not yet; we have many things to do in Paris."
"When are you coming?"
"I hope that in a week, at the latest, we shall arrive, with such furniture as we shall bring from Paris."
"You're going to bring furniture, when it's here already?"
"That makes no difference."
"The devil! the house will be well furnished, in that case."
"But the mere having furniture isn't everything; we need something else that we can't do without; for the house is quite large."
"What is it?"