15/29 In the telegram my husband does not mention the sum. Since I am so delighted with the place, the price is only a detail, but still I should like to know it. Tell me, Monsieur le Cure, do you know what it cost ?" "An enormous price," replied the Cure, "for many hopes and many ambitions were excited about Longueval." "An enormous price! You frighten me. How much exactly ?" "Three millions!" "Is that all? "The castle, the farms, the forest, all for three millions ?" "But that is nothing," said Bettina. |