He also promised to protect me from Jardine." "You have put yourself in his hands ?" "Well, what do you expect?
In my position, I am not at liberty to go to whom I wish and to those who inspire me with confidence in their honor.
If I should go to a notary or a banker they would not listen to me, for I should be obliged to tell them, the first thing, that I have no security to offer.

That is how the unfortunate fall into the hands of rascals; at least, these listen to them, and lend them something, small though it may be." "What did he give you ?" "Advice." "And you took it ?" "There is time gained.

To-morrow, perhaps, I shall be turned into the street.

Caffie will obtain a respite." "And what price will he ask for this service ?" "It is only those who own something who worry about the price." "You have your name, dignity, and honor, and once you are in Caffies hands, who knows what he may exact from you, what he may make you do, without your being able to resist him ?" "Then you wish me to leave Paris ?" "Certainly not; but I wish you to be on your guard against Caffie, whom you do not know, but I do, through what Florentin told us when he was with him.

However secret a man may be, he cannot hide himself from his clerk.