“I had the thirteen hundred francs, giving him my acceptance in blank at three months’ date,” said Morel. “I did like Louise, and wept with gratitude, called this man my benefactor. Oh, what a wretch must he be thus to destroy the gratitude and veneration I entertained for him!”
“This precaution of making you give him a blank acceptance, at a date falling due so soon that you could not meet it, must have raised your suspicion?” said Rodolph.
“No, sir, I only thought the notary took it for security, that was all; besides, he told me that I need not think about repaying this sum in less than two years; but that, every three months, the bill should be renewed for the sake of greater regularity. It was, however, duly presented here on the day it became due, but, as you may suppose, was not p
