La Huchette, in fact, was an estate near Yonville, where he had just bought the chateau and two farms that he cultivated himself, without, however, troubling very much about them.
La Huchette, en effet, était un domaine près d’Yonville, dont il venait d’acquérir le château, avec deux fermes qu’il cultivait lui-même, sans trop se gêner cependant.