text:  His cousin Clotilde had arrived the evening before with an old aunt to remain for the whole spring! Monsieur de Langevy who was not addicted to circumlocution in his mode of talk told his son point-blank that his cousin was a pretty girl and what was more a considerable heiress--so that it was his duty--his Hector de Langevy--the owner of a great name and a very small fortune to marry the said cousin--or if not he must stand the consequences