"One can't have too much.

I mean to hold firm.

And if Madame de Cintre marries me you must come and live with her." The old woman looked at him strangely, with her soft, lifeless eyes.

"It may seem a heartless thing to say, sir, when one has been forty years in a house, but I may tell you that I should like to leave this place." "Why, it's just the time to say it," said Newman, fervently.

"After forty years one wants a change." "You are very kind, sir;" and this faithful servant dropped another curtsey and seemed disposed to retire.