The mercer had said that he was rich; the young man might easily guess that with so weak a man as M. Bonacieux; and interest was almost foreign to this commencement of love, which had been the consequence of it.
De winkelier had hem gezegd, dat hij rijk was; de jongeling had kunnen begrijpen, dat met een onnoozele, zooals de heer Bonacieux, het de vrouw moest zijn, die den sleutel van de geldkist had.