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Chapter 5

           Thenhehimselfwouldhandovertomadametheremainderaftertheactualdebtwaspaid.

           Butinsteadoftwothousandfrancshebroughtonlyeighteenhundred,forthefriendVincart(whichwasonlyfair)haddeductedtwohundredfrancsforcommissionanddiscount.Thenhecarelesslyaskedforareceipt.

           "Youunderstandinbusinesssometimes.Andwiththedate,ifyouplease,withthedate."

           AhorizonofrealisablewhimsopenedoutbeforeEmma.Shewasprudentenoughtolaybyathousandcrowns,withwhichthefirstthreebillswerepaidwhentheyfelldue;butthefourth,bychance,cametothehouseonaThursday,andCharles,quiteupset,patientlyawaitedhiswife’sreturnforanexplanation.

           Ifshehadnottoldhimaboutthisbill,itwasonlytosparehimsuchdomesticworries;shesatonhisknees,caressedhim,cooedtohim,gavehimalongenumerationofalltheindispensablethingsthathadbeengotoncredit.

           "Really,youmustconfess,consideringthequantity,itisn’ttoodear."

           Charles,athiswit’send,soonhadrecoursetotheeternalLheureux,whosworehewouldarrangemattersifthedoctorwouldsignhimtwobills,oneofwhichwasforsevenhundredfrancs,payableinthreemonths.Inordertoarrangeforthishewrotehismotherapatheticletter.Insteadofsendingareplyshecameherself;andwhenEmmawantedtoknowwhetherhehadgotanythingoutofher,"Yes,"hereplied;"butshewantstoseetheaccount."

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