A Parisian Romance — page 104: what you’re looking at

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aS: A PARISIAN ROMANCE. 95 tion, he stopped suddenly, and facing his. mother, he asked: “Mother, did my father ever have any doubt that we were morally bound to return this money, at the expense of our own fotune?” Madame de Targy hesitated an instant, and then she answered,.very gravely: “Yes, he had some doubts, but I am sure that his conscience troubled him greatly. But, Henri, you are the head of the family. Now, that you know the truth, I prefer to offer no advice or opinion. It is for you alone to decide what you must co.” “No one in the world except us knows this secret?” “No one.” With a deep sigh, he sank intoa chair and cov- ered his face with his hands. Nothing was heard in the room save the half-sobbing breathing of Mar- celle as she lay in her mother-in-law’s arms. Suddenly Henri rose to his feet, and, advancing toward them with a composed, resolute face, he said in a low, clear voice: “Mother, we will give it all back, every sou!” Gomichooksseo im