Besides, the rest of us are only rabble; and he is another affair altogether.

Let Champdivers--let the noble go the first.' I confess there was a notable pause before the noble in question got his voice.

But there was no room for choice.

I had been so ill-advised, when I first joined the regiment, as to take ground on my nobility.

I had been often rallied on the matter in the ranks, and had passed under the by-names of _Monseigneur_ and _the Marquis_.