The House of Morrel & Son.

           AnyonewhohadquittedMarseillesafewyearspreviously,wellacquaintedwiththeinteriorofMorrel’swarehouse,andhadreturnedatthisdate,wouldhavefoundagreatchange.Insteadofthatairoflife,ofcomfort,andofhappinessthatpermeatesaflourishingandprosperousbusinessestablishmentinsteadofmerryfacesatthewindows,busyclerkshurryingtoandfrointhelongcorridorsinsteadofthecourtfilledwithbalesofgoods,re-echoingwiththecriesandthejokesofporters,onewouldhaveimmediatelyperceivedallaspectofsadnessandgloom.Outofallthenumerousclerksthatusedtofillthedesertedcorridorandtheemptyoffice,buttworemained.Onewasayoungmanofthreeorfourandtwenty,whowasinlovewithM.Morrel’sdaughter,andhadremainedwithhiminspiteoftheeffortsofhisfriendstoinducehimtowithdraw;theotherwasanoldone-eyedcashier,called"Cocles,"or"Cock-eye,"anicknamegivenhimbytheyoungmenwhousedtothrongthisvastnowalmostdesertedbee-hive,andwhichhadsocompletelyreplacedhisrealnamethathewouldnot,inallprobability,haverepliedtoanyonewhoaddressedhimbyit.

           CoclesremainedinM.Morrel’sservice,andamostsingularchangehadtakenplaceinhisposition;hehadatthesametimerisentotherankofcashier,andsunktotherankofaservant.Hewas,however,thesameCocles,good,patient,devoted,butinflexibleonthesubjectofarithmetic,theonlypointonwhichhewouldhavestoodfirmagainsttheworld,evenagainstM.

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