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It left a legacy to somebody -- and I accepted -- without understanding why I did so . '' He stroked the child 's curls . `` I did not understand at first -- when Madame Maillet told me , '' she confessed , with a smile . `` Old Etienne came at noon to tell her and she has told it to me . It is very sad -- but yet it is comical when I look at you . But as I look at you I understand better . You have a good heart .