The Cooper

Ah! he will have to consent to it: after all, is he your father? is he your mother?

No, but since I lost them, it is he who raised me, and I will never have the strength to resist his will.

Ah, I will speak to him, leave it to me.

You are not reasonable enough; you would spoil everything.

Would you rather marry him?

Not at all, truly.

Well then, my lady, arrange it then: you say that he wants you for his wife, that he will not want you to be mine; you would like to marry me, and you would be sorry to displease him.

It is that one would need to find some way to determine him, without it coming entirely from us.

Wait; by my faith you make me think of something that can serve us.

What is it, let us see.

Master Martin owes money to my uncle Gervais the miller, you know that he is on our side.

And then?

And then leave it to me... I will not tell you any more.

And for me, the first time he forbids me to speak to you, I will tell him everything I think.