He left me, requesting me to sit down and wait.

I had waited more than a quarter of an hour, when he reappeared.
His master graciously deigned to receive me." It was easy to perceive that the advocate's reception rankled in his breast, and that he considered it an insult.

He could not forgive Albert his lackeys and his valet.

He forgot the words of the illustrious duke, who said, "I pay my lackeys to be insolent, to save myself the trouble and ridicule of being so." Old Tabaret was surprised at his young friend's display of bitterness, in speaking of these trivial details.
"What narrow-mindedness," thought he, "for a man of such intelligence! Can it be true that the arrogance of lackeys is the secret of the people's hatred of an amiable and polite aristocracy ?" "I was ushered into a small apartment," continued Noel, "simply furnished, the only ornaments of which were weapons.

These, ranged against the walls, were of all times and countries.