He just wished his brother-in-law to admire the way he lived and the noble friendships that embellished his opulence.

And so he insisted in his letters that the Desnoyers family should return their visit.

This change of environment might tone Julio down a little.

Perhaps his ambition might waken on seeing the diligence of his cousins, each with a career.

The Frenchman had, besides, an underlying belief in the more corrupt influence of Paris as compared with the purity of the customs in Patriarchal Germany.
They were there four months.