Jules Verne

“ Yes, she should be John's wife, while continuing to be the count's adopted daughter! And John would stay with him as his private secretary. Could Mr. and Mrs. Cascabel ever have dreamt a better position for their son? As to accepting from Count Narkine anything more than the assurance of his continued friendship, they would not hear of it. They had a good trade, they would go on with it!
It is then that young Sander pushed his way to the front, and with faltering voice but beaming eyes, said:
“Why should you go on with it, father? We are rich! We don't want to work for our bread!” ”

“ Yes, it has come to an end, and a better end than might have been expected after so many adventures! Never was there a happier termination,—even in that admirable piece “The Brigands of the Black Forest,” the issue of which gave the greatest satisfaction to all parties concerned, save Ortik and Kirschef, who were hanged a few weeks later; and save, likewise, their companions, who were sent off to Siberia for the remainder of their days.
The question of the separation now forced itself on all our friends with all the gloom of its hopeless perspective. How would it be solved? ”

“ Well, since you insist on returning to France, to your dear Normandy, I should be very happy to know that you are snug and comfortable in a nice little country house, with a farm, and a few acres of land around you. There you might rest after your long traveling.”
“Don't imagine we are fatigued, Mr. Sergius!” exclaimed Cæser Cascabel.
“Come, my friend, speak to me openly. Do you care very much to keep to your profession?”
“Of course, since it is our bread-earner.”
“You will not understand me,” continued Count Narkine, “and you pain me thereby! ”