This was so true that Melmotte did not know how at the moment to contradict the assertion. And yet he had not intended to talk of the possibility of trouble. "I wanted to lay aside a large sum of money which should not be liable to the ordinary fluctuations of commercial enterprise."
"So that nobody could get at it."
"You are a little too quick, my dear."
"Marie, why can't you let your papa speak?" said Madame Melmotte.

This was so true that Melmotte did not know how to contradict it. And he had not intended to talk of the possibility of trouble. "I wanted to lay aside a large sum of money which should not be liable to the ordinary fluctuations of commercial enterprise."
"So that nobody could get at it."
"You are a little too quick, my dear. 