A Parisian Romance — page 141: what you’re looking at

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132 A PARISIAN ROMANCE. “Sit down,” he said, shortly, “and I will tell you about it. As far as I have been able to understand the story, through the young man’s circumlocu- tions, his father some years ago received in trust a legacy, which he was charged to deliver some day to a certain person mentioned by the testator. Now, the elder De Targy squandered the money in one way or another. The son has onlv just been informed of this fact, by his mother, in all proba- bility, and he restores to-day the money at the ex- pense of his own fortune. It will take all that he is possessed of, in fact.” Madame Chevrial had listened eagerly to this recital, and as her husband finished, she exclaimed, her eyes shining with honest enthusiasm: “How noble of him!” The baron laughed a contemptuous, irritated laugh. “Yes, very noble of him,” he said, in a tone which gave the lie to his words. “And now, it only remains for me to tell you the name of the person to whom this legacy, which amounts to nearly three millions, was left. Well, that person is you!” She stared at him in utter stupefaction; she heard the words without at all taking in their meaning. “Don’t you hear me? The fortune was left to you,” reiterated the baron. “To me!” she murmured, in a dazed sort of way. Eomicbooks.Go