Now, as old Rouault would soon be forced to sell twenty-two acres of "his property," as he owed a good deal to the mason, to the harness-maker, and as the shaft of the cider-press wanted renewing, "If he asks for her," he said to himself, "I'll give her to him."
Or, comme le père Rouault allait être forcé de vendre vingt-deux acres de son bien, qu’il devait beaucoup au maçon, beaucoup au bourrelier, que l’arbre du pressoir était à remettre: -- S’il me la demande, se dit-il; je la lui donne.