I thought that
I should go crazy with such a fortune. I put them in my pocket at
once and talked about other things so as to get the idea out of my
mind. On returning to the house, get some wood and provisions as
quick as possible before prices go higher! Dupont (the old domestic)
started off and did his best. But the scales fell from my eyes on
seeing, not counting food for a month, the result of those 4,275
francs:
1 load of wood 1460 francs
9 pounds of candles, from 8 to 100 francs per pound 900
4 pounds of sugar, at 100 francs per pound 400
3 measures of grain, at 40 francs 120
7 pounds oil, at 100 francs 700
12 wicks, at 5 francs 60
1 1/2 bushels potatoes, at 200 francs per bushel 300
1 month's washing 215
1 pound ground powder 70
2 ounces pomatum (formerly 3 sous, now 25 francs) 50
Sub-total 4,275 francs
There remains the month's supply of butter and eggs,
as you know, 200 francs, meat 25 or 30 francs, and
other articles in proportion 507
There was no bread for two days.
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