A Parisian Romance — page 150: what you’re looking at

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A PARISIAN ROMANCE 141 CHAPTER X. THE LITTLE RIFT WITHIN THE LUTE. Henri de Targy had been six months in Baron Chevrial’s employ. Despite the doubts and hesita- tions with which he had accepted the position, he found it to be not quite so unpleasant as he had feared. The salary, to be sure, was a small one, but then the duties were light, and he was treated by the officials of the bank with unvarying civility. Chevrial himself was outwardly courteous enough, but it was not in his nature to refrain from assert- ing his authority, and there were times when Henri chafed sorely under his bondage. Nevertheless, he performed his duties well, and the baron was fully aware of the fact. Although not always so correct in his estimate of women as he imagined himself to be, Chevrial was an excellent judge of men. Like many another, whose business methods are not above suspicion, he insisted upon an irreproach- able honesty and uprightness among his subordi- nates; they must be men whom he could trust, and he had every confidence in De Targy’s integrity, as indeed he had reason to have. So, outside of any ulterior motive, he was glad ‘enough to have him in his employ, Gomicbookssco im