In a word Lami enjoyed the Sauvinière as if it belonged to him; he lived there in a comfortable apartment, he hunted there, ate his game, his vegetables, he drank his wine, he was served by the people of the house, he rode the horse of Mr. Séry and if he did not eat the income from the land, it is because, fed, housed, lighted, carted, paid for everything, receiving reasonable salaries, he would have been very embarrassed to find the use of his money.
It is easy to imagine the sad effect that Mr. de Séry's marriage must have had on Lami. What! to have allowed himself to take a wife, without warning him; to have brought a new figure to the Sauvinière, without consulting him; to reduce his position as commensal, while waiting for his situation as steward to be reduced, no doubt; to give a m
