Therese, a fortnight or three weeks before, had drawn from the bank the few thousand francs that remained of her marriage portion, and kept them locked up in a drawer—a circumstance that had not escaped Laurent.
Thérèse, depuis quinze à vingt jours, avait retiré les quelques milliers de francs qui restaient de sa dot, et les tenait enfermés dans un tiroir que Laurent connaissait.