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Quote #10
Ten days later—the time it had taken for them to come running from Besançon—the heirs arrived. The daughter-in-law searched in the drawers, chose some pieces of furniture, sold the others, then they went back to the Registration Service. (4.43)
Once Madame Aubain dies, her son and daughter-in-law come running. Not to pay their last respects, oh, no. It's to secure their inheritance. Money seems to be all they really care about, and since there isn't much of it Madame Aubain's way, that might explain why it took them ten days to get there.