"Apropos of aristocrats, there is one behind me posting here.

I passed him about a mile the other side of Polliat.

I thought his hack a little wind-broken." "Oh!" exclaimed the landlord, "that's not astonishing; my brothers in the business have a poor lot of horses." "Why, there's our man!" continued Montbar; "I thought I had more of a lead of him." Roland was, in fact, just passing the windows at a gallop.
"Do you still want chamber No.

1, Monsieur de Jayat ?" asked the landlord.
"Why do you ask ?" "Because it is the best one, and if you don't take it, I shall give it to that man, provided he wants to make any stay." "Oh! don't bother about me; I shan't know till later in the day whether I go or stay.

If the new-comer means to remain give him No.l.I will content myself with No.