They represented M.Fougas to him as a relative who ought to be treated with consideration.
"A few days of patience!" said the good mother.

"He will not stay with us long; he is a soldier and can't live out of the army any better than a fish out of water." But Leon's parents, in the bottom of their hearts, held a bitter remembrance of so many pangs and mortifications.

Fougas had been the scourge of the family; the wounds which he had made could not heal over in a day.

Even Gothon bore him ill will without confessing it.

She heaved great sighs while preparing for the wedding festivities at Mlle.
Sambucco's.
"Ah! my poor Celestin!" said she to her acolyte.