Absent, I shall have the advantages which the unknown always possess; I shall obtain the good opinion of all those who have envied Albert; and I shall secure as champions all those who would to-morrow assail me, if my elevation came suddenly upon them.

Besides, by this delay, I shall accustom myself to my abrupt change of fortune.

I ought not to bring into your world, which is now mine, the manners of a parvenu.

My name ought not to inconvenience me, like a badly fitting coat." "Perhaps it would be wisest," murmured the count.
This assent, so easily obtained, surprised Noel.

He got the idea that the count had only wished to prove him, to tempt him.