human
No, she said, very quietly, then suddenly burst into noiseless fresh tears, sank into a chair, buried her face in her wet handkerchief, and cried,
gpt
Ah! no, no, no! that was none of my business. He was going to leave it all to me. I never asked if it was little or much.
human
She has at least some notion as to whether he is rich or poor. She seemed a few minutes ago to fear he is poor, but I must try her again. Let me see: if he is poor and I say he is rich she will hope I know better than she, and will be silent. But if he is rich and she knows it, and I say he is poor, she will suspect fraud and will out with the actual fact indignantly on the spot.
gpt
Well, Madame Brouillard, the plain fact is he was--as you may say--poor.
human
Alas! I feared it. That is what I feared. But ah! since it makes no difference to him now, it makes little to me. I feared it. That accounts for his leaving it to me, poor _milatraise_.
gpt
But would you have imagined, madame, that all he had was barely three thousand dollars?
human
Ah! three thousand--ah! Michié Ducour, she said between a sob and a moan,