Chapter

 1 I   | polite to our guest, father.”~M. Roland was abashed, and
 2 I   |   till his sons came home had M. Roland invited her to join
 3 I   |      s.”~“What lawyer?”~“Why, M’sieu ‘Canu—who else?”~“And
 4 I   |    this gentleman say?”~“That M’sieu ‘Canu will call in
 5 I   |   evening.”~Maitre Lecanu was M. Roland’s lawyer, and in
 6 I   |      in Paris, know a certain M. Marechal—Leon Marechal?”~
 7 I   |      Marechal—Leon Marechal?”~M. and Mme. Roland both exclaimed
 8 I   |       lawyer gravely put in:~“M. Marechal is deceased.”~
 9 I   |      worthy of the legacy. If M. Jean should refuse the
10 I   |    everything is quite clear. M. Jean has only to sign his
11 I   |      his acceptance?”~“No—no, M. Roland. To-morrow, at my
12 III |   pledge you to the memory of M. Marechal.”~There was a
13 IV  |       asked.~“Due east still, M’sieu Pierre. A fine breeze
14 IV  |         The fog is coming up, M’sieu Pierre. We must go
15 VIII| depths of the basement.~“Yes, M’sieu—what is it?”~“Where
16 VIII|       Madame is upstairs with M’sieu Jean.”~Then he shouted,
17 VIII|      Indeed! Which of them?”~“M. Marchand, who is a great
18 VIII|      go and talk it over with M. Poulin: I know him very
19 VIII|      of the Company. There is M. Lenient, too, the ship-owner,
20 VIII|   like me to feel my way with M. Marchand at once?”~“Yes,
21 VIII|      be enough if your friend M. Marchand would lay them
22 VIII|    asked: “You have consulted M. Roland, I suppose?”~A flush
23 IX  |  pupil, had been submitted by M. Marchand to the directors
24 IX  |     Shipping Co., seconded by M. Poulin, judge of the Chamber
25 IX  |      the Chamber of Commerce, M. Lenient, a great ship-owner,
26 IX  |        called out:~“Look out! M. Pierre is at the stern,