He showed her how thick the glass was, to enable it to resist the most violent shocks, and took a long time explaining the fastening.

Roland presently asked: "And you have your doctor's shop here ?" The doctor opened a cupboard and displayed an array of phials ticketed with Latin names on white paper labels.

He took one out and enumerated the properties of its contents; then a second and a third, a perfect lecture on therapeutics, to which they all listened with great attention.

Roland, shaking his head, said again and again: "How very interesting!" There was a tap at the door.
"Come in," said Pierre, and Captain Beausire appeared.
"I am late," he said as he shook hands, "I did not want to be in the way." He, too, sat down on the bed and silence fell once more.
Suddenly the Captain pricked his ears.

He could hear the orders being given, and he said: "It is time for us to be off if we mean to get on board the Pearl to see you once more outside, and bid you good-bye out on the open sea." Old Roland was very eager about this, to impress the voyagers on board the Lorraine, no doubt, and he rose in haste.
"Good-bye, my boy." He kissed Pierre on the whiskers and then opened the door.
Mme.