"And when one has begun, it is best to go through." "As you please.

Have you ever practiced with your left hand ?" "No," said I.
"Then," said he, "you've not long to live." To do him justice, he said it in no boasting way, but like a man who would warn me, and earnestly.
"I have never practiced with my right either," I remarked.

"I think I get rather a pull by the arrangement." He walked on in silence for a few yards.

Then he asked: "You're resolved on it ?" "Absolutely," I returned.

For I understood that he did but offer the same terms as before--terms which included the abandonment of Marie Delhasse.
On we went, our faces set toward the great Mount, and with the sinking sun on our left hands.