_Et non intermuit medulla mea!_" exclaimed Briquet; "but pardon me, perhaps you do not understand Latin ?" "Do you ?"--"As you see." "What a catch ?" thought Poulain, "learned, strong, bold, and rich!" Then he added aloud, "Well! let us enter," and he conducted Briquet to the door of the hotel.

The court was full of guards and men wrapped in cloaks, and eight horses, saddled and bridled, waited in a corner; but there was not a light to be seen.

Poulain whispered his name to the porter, and added, "I bring a good companion."-- "Pass on." "Take these to the magazine," said Poulain, handing the cuirasses to a soldier.

"Now I will present you," said he to Briquet.
"No, I am very timid.

When I have done some work, I will present myself." "As you please.