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Danglars, seeing his daughter s, and proud even to insolence, could not entirely repress his brutal feelings, but they betrayed the gaze levelled at him from under those beautiful black eyebrows, he prudently turned away, and calmed himself immediately, daunted by the power of a resolute hter," replied he with a s; I will not too hastily tell you which, but would rather leave you to guess it" Eugenie looked at Danglars, much surprised that one flower of her crown of pride, hich she had so superbly decked herself, should be disputed "My daughter," continued the banker, "you have perfectly explained to irl like you, who is determined she will not marry; now it remains for me to tell you the hter shall hter, but as an adversary prepared for a discussion
"My daughter," continued Danglars, "when a father asks his daughter to choose a husband, he has always so her to marry Some are affected with the ain in their grandchildren This is not my weakness, I tell you at once; fae this to a daughter whoh to understand my indifference, and not to impute it to enie; "let us speak candidly, sir; I adlars, "I can, when circuh it eneral practice I will therefore proceed I have proposed to you to marry, not for your sake, for indeed I did not think of you in the least at the moment (you admire candor, and will now be satisfied, I hope); but because it suited me to marry you as soon as possible, on account of certain coenie became uneasy
"It is just as I tell you, I assure you, and you ht this disclosure I do not willingly enter into arithmetical explanations with an artist like you, who fears to enter reeable or anti-poetic impressions and sensations But in that saly presented yourself yesterday to ask for the thousand francs I give youlady, that irl ill not ard to your nervous susceptibility, I will infor-room, namely, that the credit of a banker is his physical and moral life; that credit sustains hiave otten There we may learn that as credit sinks, the body becomes a corpse, and this is what ood a logician as you for his daughter" But Eugenie, instead of stooping, drew herself up under the blow "Ruined?" said she