The whole town will be glad to see the discomfiture of a noble family.

These bourgeois are like hounds after a quarry.

Fortunately, I still have ten thousand francs left, on which I can support my mother till this deplorable matter is settled.

Besides, the inventory of your godfather's property is not yet finished; Monsieur Bongrand still thinks he shall find something for you.

He is as much astonished as I am that you seem to be left without fortune.