63/66 Procure me an introduction to the notary, and everything shall be arranged. On Monday then." Noel listened, to make sure that the usurer had actually gone. When he heard him descending the staircase, "Scoundrel!" he cried, "miserable thieving old skinflint! Didn't he need a lot of persuading? It would have been a pleasant thing had the count come to hear of it. |