"My dear Nicholas, you do not suppose I seriously think there is anything to forgive ?" "But it is true," he said piteously; "in ruining me they have ruined you.

Mon Dieu, mon Dieu! If I only had a friend--" "Taisez vous donc, mon ami.

It is everything most bete what you say.

You have many friends, and as for me, I do not care a straw for the money.
Only if I had known I would not have left Europe.

Voila tout." "Ah, that is it," said Nicholas.