Michel was a loving, generous-hearted man, and all feeling of anger
with his son was over before they had been together two days. 'You
can't do better, George,' he said. 'You need not always stay away
from us for twelve months, and I might take a turn over the
mountain, and get a lesson as to how you do things at Colmar. If
ten thousand francs will help you, you shall have them. Will that
make things go straight with you?' George Voss thought the sum
named would make things go very straight; but as the reader knows,
he had another matter near to his heart. He thanked his father; but
not in the joyous thoroughly contented tone that Michel had
expected. 'Is there anything wrong about it?' Michel said in that
sharp tone which he used when something had suddenly displeased him.
'There is nothing wrong; nothing wrong at all,' said George slowly.
'The money is much more than I could have expected. Indeed I did
not expect any.'
'What is it then?'
'I was thinking of something else. Tell me, father; is it true that
Marie is going to be married to Adrian Urmand?'
'What makes you ask?'
'I heard a report of it,' said George.
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