CHAPTER X.SIGISMOND PLANUS TREMBLES FOR HIS CASH-BOX.
"Carriage, my dear Chorche ?--I--have a carriage?
What for ?" "I assure you, my dear Risler, that it is quite essential for you.

Our business, our relations, are extending every day; the coupe is no longer enough for us.

Besides, it doesn't look well to see one of the partners always in his carriage and the other on foot.

Believe me, it is a necessary outlay, and of course it will go into the general expenses of the firm.

Come, resign yourself to the inevitable." It was genuine resignation.