"Come hither, comte; come hither, vicomte." Athos tried to find a passage through the heaps of linen and plate.
"Ah! step over, step over!" said the duke, offering a full glass to Athos.

The latter drank it; Raoul scarcely moistened his lips.
"Here is your commission," said the prince to Raoul.

"I had prepared it, reckoning upon you.

You will go before me as far as Antibes." "Yes, monseigneur." "Here is the order." And De Beaufort gave Raoul the order.

"Do you know anything of the sea ?" "Yes, monseigneur; I have traveled with M.le Prince." "That is well.