Aimé looked down at the floor, cheeks flushed red and he couldn't help but wish he was anywhere, anywhere but here. "Augustin, I...It's not like that, not at all. I wasn't sold and Antoine said it would help the family and it seems like it would, the man he introduced me too offered us everything we could want - an introduction to the Queen and King's private circle, property in the city to increase our profits. It's not bad to want those things, is it?"