You shall stay.

But the others--what would you advise me to do with them ?" asked the Cardinal, his bright eyes twinkling with amusement.
"If by the others your Eminence means my friends," replied Gouache, quietly, "I can assure you that none of them will ever cause you the slightest inconvenience." "I believe you are right--their ability to annoy me is considerably inferior to their inclination.

Is it not so ?" "If your Eminence will allow me," said Gouache, rising suddenly and laying down his charcoal pencil, "I will pin this curtain across the window.

The sun is beginning to come in." He had no intention of answering any questions.

If the Cardinal knew of the meetings in the Via San Basilio, that was not Gouache's fault; Gouache would certainly not give any further information.