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The Lucky Inheritance.
do him the honour to pay him a visit in the house Avhich his uncle had bequeathed him ; it was not ten minutes' Avalk from where we stood , in the Rue de Guenic , at No . 34 , the finest situation , to his thinking , in Guerande . Nevertheless , he should sell it ; for , with his pursuits , of AA'hat use
to him was the best house in the toAvn ? No ; he existed only in Paris ; there Avas , indeed , no other place where you could really live . Still , it was something to have a pied a terre ; and perhaps he might change his mind and keep it : besides , he was a landed proprietaire , and that Avas a position AA'hicli always commanded respect . " Ah , n'est-ce-pas que je suis
bien heureux . Monsieur ? Je ne fais que reussir ! But you will come to my house ; perhaps , also , to see my mill at Clis . All , que c ' est beau que d ' avoir un moulin !" I declined Monsieur Roqueplan ' s invitation , pleading that I had very much to do that clay . He howeA r er , continued to insist , and , as I did not wish to be absolutely rude , I promised that , on the folloAving clay , if I remained in Guerande , I would place
myself at his disposition . This contented him ; and after imparting to me the intelligence that Monsieur Cherillon was waiting for him in the Rue de Guenic , and that they were going to walk to the farm together , and pass the afternoon there , he took his leave , and I moved off in the opposite direction , glad to have effected my escape .
That day passed away like the former one , for , to an antiquarian , the resources of Guerande are inexhaustible . I found materials for study in every street , the Rue de Guenic , which I hit upon in the course of my rambles , being not the least fertile . Monsieur Roqueplan and his friend being engaged elsewhere , I leisurely examined the exterior of No . 34 ; but
all my fondness for antiquity scarcely reconciled me to such a dAvelling , Avhich , in spite of its new proprietor ' s very natural predilection , Avas the grimiest house in the grimiest part of Guerande . But , like the leaden casket at Belmont , the contents of this dirty old house Avere probably more valuable than those of the best street in the toAATi ; and , never having had a " succession" myself , I could not help thinking that Monsieur Roqueplan Avas , as he so often said , a very lucky person .
Since the doubtful morning on which I left Nantes the Aveather had continued very fine , and Avhat Guerande had to SIIOAV had been exhibited Avithout reserve beneath a bright sun and cloudless sky ; so bright and cloudless that , while I Avandered up and down the town I Avas glad of the shade Avhich the narroAV streets and lofty buildings so freely afforded ; but , late in the afternoon of my second day at Guerande , signs of a change be-
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The Lucky Inheritance.
do him the honour to pay him a visit in the house Avhich his uncle had bequeathed him ; it was not ten minutes' Avalk from where we stood , in the Rue de Guenic , at No . 34 , the finest situation , to his thinking , in Guerande . Nevertheless , he should sell it ; for , with his pursuits , of AA'hat use
to him was the best house in the toAvn ? No ; he existed only in Paris ; there Avas , indeed , no other place where you could really live . Still , it was something to have a pied a terre ; and perhaps he might change his mind and keep it : besides , he was a landed proprietaire , and that Avas a position AA'hicli always commanded respect . " Ah , n'est-ce-pas que je suis
bien heureux . Monsieur ? Je ne fais que reussir ! But you will come to my house ; perhaps , also , to see my mill at Clis . All , que c ' est beau que d ' avoir un moulin !" I declined Monsieur Roqueplan ' s invitation , pleading that I had very much to do that clay . He howeA r er , continued to insist , and , as I did not wish to be absolutely rude , I promised that , on the folloAving clay , if I remained in Guerande , I would place
myself at his disposition . This contented him ; and after imparting to me the intelligence that Monsieur Cherillon was waiting for him in the Rue de Guenic , and that they were going to walk to the farm together , and pass the afternoon there , he took his leave , and I moved off in the opposite direction , glad to have effected my escape .
That day passed away like the former one , for , to an antiquarian , the resources of Guerande are inexhaustible . I found materials for study in every street , the Rue de Guenic , which I hit upon in the course of my rambles , being not the least fertile . Monsieur Roqueplan and his friend being engaged elsewhere , I leisurely examined the exterior of No . 34 ; but
all my fondness for antiquity scarcely reconciled me to such a dAvelling , Avhich , in spite of its new proprietor ' s very natural predilection , Avas the grimiest house in the grimiest part of Guerande . But , like the leaden casket at Belmont , the contents of this dirty old house Avere probably more valuable than those of the best street in the toAATi ; and , never having had a " succession" myself , I could not help thinking that Monsieur Roqueplan Avas , as he so often said , a very lucky person .
Since the doubtful morning on which I left Nantes the Aveather had continued very fine , and Avhat Guerande had to SIIOAV had been exhibited Avithout reserve beneath a bright sun and cloudless sky ; so bright and cloudless that , while I Avandered up and down the town I Avas glad of the shade Avhich the narroAV streets and lofty buildings so freely afforded ; but , late in the afternoon of my second day at Guerande , signs of a change be-