We were called up, one after the other, to testify.

We spoke of you very handsomely.

Madame de Bellegarde said that if she had not been told who you were, she would have taken you for a duke--an American duke, the Duke of California.

I said that I could warrant you grateful for the smallest favors--modest, humble, unassuming.

I was sure that you would know your own place, always, and never give us occasion to remind you of certain differences.