'What panegyrics of honesty!' he exclaimed; 'anyone would say that was the one and only virtue; and yet what consideration, what a cringing respect for a man who obviously has doubled and tripled his fortune since he has been in charge of the relief of the poor! I would wager that he makes something even out of the fund set apart for the foundlings, those wretches whose need is even more sacred than that of the other paupers.
Quels éloges de la probité ! s’écria-t-il ; on dirait que c’est la seule vertu ; et cependant quelle considération, quel respect bas pour un homme qui évidemment a doublé et triplé sa fortune, depuis qu’il administre le bien des pauvres ! je parierais qu’il gagne même sur les fonds destinés aux enfants trouvés, à ces pauvres dont la misère est encore plus sacrée que celle des autres !