M. de Brevan had turned very pale.

“Excuse me,” he said, “excuse me.”

“What?”

“Well, it seems to me it would be more suitable to leave some one else

in charge of that.”

“Whom?”

“Oh! I do not know,--a more experienced man! It may be that the property

will not bring as much as you expect. Or I might invest the money in the

wrong funds. Money questions are so delicate!”

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