You will go armed, won't you ?" "If I thought I was only dealing with ghosts, I'd go with my hands in my pockets and nothing in my fobs.

But, as I told you, M.de Turenne's ghosts were counterfeiters, so I shall take my pistols." "Do you want mine ?" "No, thanks.

Though yours are good, I am about resolved never to use them again." Then, with a smile whose bitterness it would be impossible to describe, he added: "They brought me ill-luck.

Good-night! Sir John.
I must sleep soundly to-night, so as not to want to sleep to-morrow night." Then, shaking the Englishman's hand vigorously a second time, he left the room and returned to his own.

There he was greatly surprised to find the door, which he was sure he had left closed, open.