“Itreallygrievesme，onmyword!toseeyoudeprivingyourselfallatonceofsuchabigsumasthat。“
Thenshelookedatthebank-notes，anddreamingoftheunlimitednumberofrendezvousrepresentedbythosetwothousandfrancs，shestammered——
“What!what!“
“Oh!“hewenton，laughinggood-naturedly，“oneputsanythingonelikesonreceipts。Don’tyouthinkIknowwhathouseholdaffairsare？“Andhelookedatherfixedly，whileinhishandheheldtwolongpapersthatheslidbetweenhisnails。Atlast，openinghispocket-book，hespreadoutonthetablefourbillstoorder，eachforathousandfrancs。
“Signthese，“hesaid，“andkeepitall!“