And now let me hear what happened to you after you left my side that night after Marienthal." Hector again related his adventures.

Turenne laughed at the account of his escape, hidden under the flour bags.
"It was a good scheme," he said; "and it was well that you had that lackey of yours with you, for I do not think that you could ever have managed it unaided." "I am sure I could not, marshal; it was entirely his suggestion, and he arranged all the details splendidly.

He was equally valuable in another way afterwards;" and he described the fight in the cabaret.
"That was more dangerous than taking part in a pitched battle; seven against two are heavy odds indeed, though you had the advantage of weapons.

The fellow has a ready wit to think of rolling against the man who was waiting for a chance of running in and stabbing you; he would have made his fortune somehow even if he had not had the good luck to fall in with you.

In some respects you resemble each other; you both have enterprise, quickness, and daring, but he lacks your studious habits, your determination to master everything connected with your profession, and your ability to turn your knowledge to account.