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His two legitimate sons having gone against his
wishes, remorse took possession of him for the desertion of his
other child during a long period of years. He would have even sent
for the lad but for the influence of his female cook. She left him,
thanks to the manœuvres of the family, and in his isolation, when
death drew nigh, he wished to repair the wrongs he had done by
bequeathing to the fruit of his early love all that he could of his
fortune. It ran up to half a million francs, thus giving the
copying-clerk two hundred and fifty thousand francs. The eldest of
the brothers, M. Étienne, had announced that he would respect the
will.
Bouvard fell into a kind of stupefied condition. He kept
repeating in a low tone, smiling with the peaceful smile of
drunkards: "An income of fifteen thousand livres!"—and Pécuchet,
whose head, however, was stronger, was not able to get over it.
They were rudely shaken by a l
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