The third way, dear friend ?" "Fly--but that is a last resource, Amelie; there are two objections: first, your repugnance." "I am yours, Charles; I will surmount my repugnance." "And," added the young man, "my engagements." "Your engagements ?" "My companions are bound to me, Amelie; but I, too, am bound to them.

We also have a man to whom we have sworn obedience.

That man is the future king of France.

If you accept your brother's devotion to Bonaparte, accept ours to Louis XVIII." Amelie let her face drop into her hands with a sigh.
"Then," said she, "we are lost." "Why so?
On various pretexts, your health above all, you can gain a year.

Before the year is out Bonaparte will probably be forced to begin another war in Italy.