tribute. She always waited for her master's orders before she knew

what portion was to be used in the house and what was to be sold in

the market. It was the goodman's custom, like that of a great many

country gentlemen, to drink his bad wine and eat his spoiled fruit.

Towards five in the afternoon Grandet returned from Angers, having

made fourteen thousand francs by the exchange on his gold, bringing

home in his wallet good treasury-notes which bore interest until the

day he should invest them in the Funds. He had left Cornoiller at