A Parisian Romance — page 228: what you’re looking at

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A PARISIAN ROMANCE. 219 “Yes?” said Henri interrogatively, as his mother paused, apparently for a reply. “What do you think of it?” “Think of it?” retorted Henri. “Why, my dear mother, how can it concern me? You might as well tell me that the chateau of Versailles was for sale.” | “Would not you like to have a seat on the Bourse?” “What a question! Of course I would. I would naturally prefer to make a hundred thousand francs a year to drawing a salary of five thousand. But, for me to think of a seat on the Bourse is very much like a child longing for the moon.” “Not necessarily” said Madame de Targy, slowly. “Armande offers it to you. She proposes to lend you the necessary sum to purchase the seat. You will pay her back; of course that is clearly under- stood.” Henri was silent for a moment. “Did she come for that express purpose?’ he asked at last. “Yes. What do you think of the proposition?” It was twilight, and the lights had not yet been brought in, so it was too dark for her to see his ex- pression clearly. “What do you think of it, mother?’ he asked, quietly. “T do not think you would do wrong to accept it.” “No, certainly I should not do wrong, but, it (CONMIE DOO KS ‘Om