Deneulin had at last risked his request for a loan of one hundred thousand francs from the Grégoires. and the refusal, though he had expected it, completed his ejection: if they refused, it was for his sake, in order to save him from an impossible struggle; and they advised him to sell.
Deneulin venait de risquer enfin sa demande d'un emprunt de cent mille francs aux Grégoire, dont le refus, attendu d'ailleurs, l'avait achevé: s'ils refusaient, c'était par affection, afin de lui éviter une lutte impossible; et ils lui donnaient le conseil de vendre.