I shall read all the newspapers.
"Besides, Paris is an intellectual highway, so brilliantly lighted it is only necessary to open one's eyes and have good faith and independence, to find the true road.
"And I am in excellent case for this, for though born a gentleman, I have no prejudices.

My father, who is himself very enlightened and very liberal, leaves me free.

I have an uncle who is a Republican; an aunt who is a Legitimist--and what is still more, a saint; and another uncle who is a Conservative.

It is not vanity that leads me to speak of these things; but only a desire to show you that, having a foot in all parties, I am quite willing to compare them dispassionately and make a good choice.

Once master of the holy truth, you may be sure, dear old Lescande, I shall serve it unto death--with my tongue, with my pen, and with my sword!" Such sentiments as these, pronounced with sincere emotion and accompanied by a warm clasp of the hand, drew tears from the old Lescande, otherwise called Wolfhead..