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He was deceived by the tactics of the brothers , and afraid lest the stout Cointet should break off the negotiations on which his future depended . `` Very well , I will draft the deed , '' said Petit-Claud , addressing the rest of the party . `` Each of you shall have a copy to-night , and you will have all to-morrow morning in which to think it over . To-morrow afternoon at four o'clock , when the court rises , you will sign the agreement . You , gentlemen , will withdraw Metivier 's suit , and I , for my part , will write to stop proceedings in the Court-Royal ; we will give notice on either side that the affair has been settled out of court . '' David Sechard 's undertakings were thus worded in the deed : -- `` M. David Sechard , printer of Angouleme , affirming that he has discovered a method of sizing paper-pulp in the vat , and also a method of affecting a reduction of fifty per cent in the price of all kinds of manufactured papers , by introducing certain vegetable substances into the pulp , either by intermixture of such substances with the rags already in use , or by employing them solely without the addition of rags : a partnership for working the patent to be presently applied for is entered upon by M. David Sechard and the firm of Cointet Brothers , subject to the following conditional clauses and stipulations . '' One of the clauses so drafted that David Sechard forfeited all his rights if he failed to fulfil his engagements within the year ; the tall Cointet was particularly careful to insert that clause , and David Sechard allowed it to pass .