Let him sue me.

In eight days, I shall be summoned to appear before the Tribunal de Commerce, and I shall ask for the twenty-five days' delay, which the judges always grant to an embarrassed debtor.
Twenty-five and eight, all the world over, make just thirty-three days.
That is precisely the respite I need.

You have two alternatives: either accept from me at once a new bill for twenty-four thousand francs payable in six weeks, or else, as I have an appointment, go off to your lawyer." "And in six weeks," replied the usurer, "you will be in precisely the same condition you are to-day.

And forty-five days more of Juliette will cost--" "M.

Clergeot," interrupted Noel, "long before that time, my position will be completely changed.