He was ashamed of this bodily want, but the emotions of the day, the executions seen so near, the danger still threatening, had awakened in him a nervous appetite.

The fact that he was so impotent in the midst of his riches and unable to avail himself of anything on his estate but aggravated his necessity.
"Poor Master!" again exclaimed the faithful soul.
And the woman looked with astonishment at the millionaire devouring a bit of bread and a triangle of cheese, the only food that she could find in her humble dwelling.

The certainty that he would not be able to find any other nourishment, no matter how much he might seek it, greatly sharpened his cravings.

To have acquired an enormous fortune only to perish with hunger at the end of his existence!.

.