When he paused and fingered his whisker she gasped excitedly.
"I have it," said Albert, with an upward glance of inspiration.
"Yes, my son ?" "The Beauvoir estate," replied Albert, "left to me by my uncle.

It is worth three hundred thousand francs.

That is enough for the moment.

That must be our counter-move." Madame de Chantonnay protested volubly.

For if Frenchmen are ready to sacrifice, or, at all events, to risk all for a sentiment--and history says nothing to the contrary--Frenchwomen are eminently practical and far-sighted.
Madame had a hundred reasons why the Beauvoir estate should not be sold.
Many of them contradicted each other.