They brought me here.

I am full of woe.

But I return not to France.

Better to risk my life in these horrible places than to know the Bagne.' He paused, and we nearly choked with laughter, having to turn our faces away.
'Ah! you weep, messieurs,' he said.

'No wonder -- it is a sad story.' 'Perhaps,' said Sir Henry, 'the heroic blood of your grandparent will triumph after all; perhaps you will still be great.