The P re Maurice is talking to Germain, his 28-year-old young son-in-law, about Germain taking a new wife.
Maurice tells Germain to take a present of game to Leonard and the widow and to leave Saturday, spend the night at the widow\'s farm, and come back on Sunday..
Germain finally agrees.
He and his wife cannot continue to take care of the three young children, and his son and daughter-in-law are expecting a baby, so will not be able to help.
Germain does not really want to remarry, but Maurice tells him that two years is long enough to be in mourning, that he is grateful for Germain having been good to his daughter, and that the children need a mother.
Her name is Catherine Guerin and it appears she is a good person. (P re means Father and is used in ancient oral Language.) Maurice wants Germain to go visit his friend, P re Leonard, at a farm about half a day\'s ride away, to visit Leonard\'s daughter, a rich widow who is looking to remarry.
Germain has been a widower for two years, and his wife left behind three young children.
The P re Maurice is talking to Germain, his 28-year-old young son-in-law, about Germain taking a new wife
