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THIS was three days after Marie-Anne's arrival at the Borderie, which event was the general topic of conversation throughout the neighbourhood; Chanlouineau's will especially forming the subject of countless comments. The old folks looked grave, and repeated to one another, "Ah, well, here's M. Lacheneur's daughter with an income of more than two thousand francs, without counting the house. " While the unattractive maidens who had not been fortunate enough to secure husbands muttered in their turn, "An honest girl would have had no such luck as that!"
When Chupin brought this great news to Blanche she trembled with anger, and clenched her soft white hands, exclaiming: "What audacity! What impudence!"