In Suzanne's absence, and while the maid was doing her market, a commissioner with her badge - neighbours saw her What astonished the examining magistrate was the admirable simplicity of the means employed. She went upstairs first, but when she reached the threshold of her room she shouted in fright. They crossed the garden in front of the house. Yes I am happy! That is to say, I don't know how I could have done without it so far. – - A pure marvel! Hortense and I did the brass instruments. At ten o'clock, Suzanne, following a daily habit, was waiting for him at the exit, and it was a great pleasure for him to point out, on the pavement opposite the gate, her graceful silhouette and childlike smile. – That same evening, having placed it in her room with the help of Hortense, the maid, she cleaned the drawers and carefully tidied up her papers, letter boxes, correspondence, postcard collections, and a few furtive souvenirs she kept in honour of her cousin Philippe. She threw herself around her father's neck and kissed him as joyfully as if he had given her a royal gift. – Suzanne was a pretty, expansive and happy creature. – - Here is for you, Suzanne, if it suits you. – An hour later the piece of furniture was brought to the little house that the professor occupied on the road to Viroflay, and he called his daughter. Gerbois was not to forget, then, without a word, turned on his heels and walked away. – The young man stared at him, with an air that M.

– - Oh, let's leave it at that, cried the professor, impatient, what belongs to me is not for sale. I don't know what price you paid for it, Monsieur. Gerbois is an easily irritable man with a shady character. This one is in good condition, and I don't think there's any point in exchanging it. In that case, would you be willing to exchange it for a secretary that is just as convenient, but in better condition? I was looking for a second-hand scale for some physics experiments. Were you looking for this secretary more specifically than anything else? I'm going to ask you an indiscreet question. Gerbois saluted and, all the more happy to have this piece of furniture because one of his fellow men coveted it, he withdrew.īut he hadn't taken ten steps in the street when he was joined by the young man, who, hat in hand and in a tone of perfect courtesy, said to him : And as he was doing his best to please his daughter with his modest resources, he debated the price and paid the sum of sixty-five euros.Īs he was giving his address, a young man, elegantly dressed and already snooping around, saw the piece of furniture and asked: That's what I need for Suzanne's birthday, he thought.

Gerbois, a mathematics teacher at the Lycée de Versailles, found a small mahogany secretary in the clutter of a bric-a-brac shop, which he liked because of its many drawers. The Blond Lady Chapter I Number 514 - series 23

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