Is Cerizet wrong in thinking you have twenty-five thousand francs in your desk?
He says you offered them to him and he thinks it only natural not to leave them in your hands." "Thank you for taking the step, my good friend," replied Theodose.

"I have been expecting this attack." "Between ourselves," replied Desroches, "you have made an utter fool of him, and he is furious.

The scamp will stop at nothing to get his revenge upon you--for he'll lose everything if he forces you to fling your barrister's gown, as they say, to the nettles and go to prison." "I ?" said Theodose.

"I'm going to pay him.

But even so, there will still be five notes of mine in his hands, for five thousand francs each; what does he mean to do with them ?" "Oh! after the affair of this morning, I can't tell you; my client is a crafty, mangy cur, and he is sure to have his little plans." "Look here, Desroches," said Theodose, taking the hard, unyielding attorney round the waist, "those papers are in your hands, are not they ?" "Will you pay them ?" "Yes, in three hours." "Very good, then.