He did not say no to anything but just let her do as she liked.

Nay, he even displayed an admirable spirit of comradeship.

He had, on his part, nearly seven thousand francs, and despite the fact that people accused him of stinginess, he consented to add them to the young woman's ten thousand.

The sum struck them as a solid foundation on which to begin housekeeping.

And so they started away, drawing from their common hoard, in order to hire and furnish the two rooms in the Rue Veron, and sharing everything together like old friends.