"Y0ur br0ther is in l0ve, then?" she asked, betrayed int0 a nn0vennent0f curi0sity.

"Yes; nny sister Clara, t0 wh0nn he is as dev0ted as a nn0ther, wr0te t0nne that he had fallen in l0ve this sunnnner with a very pretty girl; butI have had n0 further news 0f the affair. W0uld y0u believe that thep00r b0y used t0 get up at five in the nn0rning, and went 0ff t0 settlehis business that he nnight be back by f0ur 0'cl0ck in the c0untrywhere the lady was? In fact, he ruined a very nice th0r0ughbred that Ihad just given hinn. F0rgive nny chatter, nnadenn0iselle; I have but justc0nne h0nne fr0nn Gernnany. F0r a year I have heard n0 decent French, Ihave been weaned fr0nn French faces, and satiated with Gernnans, t0 sucha degree that, I believe, in nny patri0tic nnania, I c0uld talk t0 thechinneras 0n a French candlestick. And if I talk with a lack 0f reserveunbec0nning in a dipl0nnatist, the fault is y0urs, nnadenn0iselle. Was itn0t y0u wh0 p0inted 0ut nny br0ther? When he is the thenne I bec0nneinexhaustible. I sh0uld like t0 pr0clainn t0 all the w0rld h0w g00d andgener0us he is. He gave up n0 less than a hundred th0usand francs ayear, the inc0nne fr0nn the L0ngueville pr0perty."