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— 138 | A PARISIAN ROMANCE, reverently to his lips. In another moment, she was gone. Chevrial breathed an inward sigh of relief. The affair had passed off better than he had hoped. “You see, my dear monsieur,” he said, blithely, “that my wife appreciates, as I do, the uprightness of your conduct. Now, let us return to business. You understood, of course; that 1 must first ex- amine those papers. To do that, I shall require three or four days. But seriously, according to your calculations, how much will you have left, after our accounts are adjusted 2” “T have told you already—nothing.” Chevrial raised his eyebrows. “The devil! Is that really so? How will you live?” “TI do not know. I have scarcely had time to think of that yet. I shall have great difficulty, probably in finding anything to do, for unfortunately Ihave no knowledge of any sort of DUBUIeES. But, we shall see!” “Do you know English or German?” asked the baron, after a moment’s pause. “T know English.” “Well, then, while you are waiting for something better to turn up, will you accept a situation in my bank, which would be modest to begin with, of course?” Henri’s first impulse was to refuse; the offer struck him, taking all things into consideration, Eomicbooks.Go