The next morning at daybreak Emma ran to Lheureux to beg him to make out another account for not more than a thousand francs, for to show the one for four thousand it would be necessary to say that she had paid two-thirds, and confess, consequently, the sale of the estate—a negotiation admirably carried out by the shopkeeper, and which, in fact, was only actually known later on.
Le lendemain, au point du jour, Emma courut chez M. Lheureux le prier de refaire une autre note, qui ne dépassât point mille francs; car pour montrer celle de quatre mille, il eût fallu dire qu’elle en avait payé les deux tiers, avouer conséquemment la vente de l’immeuble, négociation bien conduite par le marchand, et qui ne fut effectivement connue que plus tard.