Oh, but come you must, or we shall be offended!" she added, as Champsavoys shook his head in hesitation and glanced towards the prison.
"As a point of honour--" the little man still persisted, lightly touching his breast with the Louis Quinze cane, and taking a step towards the sombre prison archway.

But Ranulph interfered, drew him gently inside the cottage, and, standing in the doorway, said to some one within: "May I come in also, Sieur de Mauprat ?" Above the pleasant welcome of a quavering voice came another, soft and clear, in pure French: "Thou art always welcome, without asking, as thou knowest, Ro." "Then I'll go and fetch my tool-basket first," Ranulph said cheerily, his heart beating more quickly, and, turning, he walked across the Place..