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`` I am not for them particularly , '' said Madame Vauthier , shrugging her shoulders ; `` Monsieur Barbet is my proprietor , that 's all ! '' It required two days ' persuasion to induce Monsieur Bernard to separate from his daughter and take her to Chaillot . Godefroid and the old man made the trip walking on each side of the litter , canopied with blue and white striped linen , in which was the dear patient , partly bound to a mattress , so much did her father dread the possible convulsions of a nervous attack . They started at three o'clock and reached their destination at five just as evening was coming on . Godefroid paid the sum demanded for three months ' board in advance , being careful to obtain a receipt for the money . When he went back to pay the bearers of the litter , he was followed by Monsieur Bernard , who took from beneath the mattress a bulky package carefully sealed up , and gave it to Godefroid . `` One of these men will fetch you a cab , '' said the old man ; `` for you can not carry these four volumes under your arm .