The mercer had said that he was rich; the young man might easily guess that with so weak a man as M. Bonacieux; and interest was almost foreign to this commencement of love, which had been the consequence of it.
El mercero le había dicho que era rico: el joven había podido adivinar que, con un necio como lo era el señor Bonacieux, debía ser la mujer quien tenía la llave de la bolsa.