"I shall hope to get you six per cent interest, and you may rely that it will be paid with the utmost regularity.

But remember, six months, or even a year, may elapse before the notary will be in a position to repay this money, because notaries invest such trust funds chiefly in mortgages which require a certain time to mature.

Now, when you have obtained the prize for virtue, which, according to all appearance, I can readily do for you, there will be no reason to hide your little property any longer,--a reason which I fully understand; but you will not be able to withdraw it from the notary's hands immediately; and in case of any difficulty arising, I should be forced to explain the situation, the manner in which you have concealed your prosperity from your master, to whom you have been supposed to be wholly devoted.

This, as you will see, would put you in the position of falsely professing virtue, and would do great harm to your reputation for piety." "Oh! monsieur," said the saintly woman, "can it be that any one would think me a person who did not speak the truth ?" "Bless you! my good creature, in business it is necessary to foresee everything.

Money embroils the best friends, and leads to actions they never foresaw.