Will this last much longer, M.
Charles ?" "Patout, I promise, in my honor, to do my best to be rid of all that annoys you.

I am no less impatient than you; so I'll ask you not to go to bed, my good Patout." "Ah! You know well, monsieur, that when you come I don't often go to bed.

As for the horse--Goodness! You change them every day?
The time before last it was a chestnut, the last time a dapple-gray, now a black one." "Yes, I'm somewhat capricious by nature.

As to the horse, as you say, my dear Patout, he wants nothing.

You need only remove his bridle; leave him saddled.