We carried the young gentleman in our arms when he was small.

But this youth does not know us, nor our names.

It is not he." They were dismissed, and afterwards they met and talked up at the villa.
"The master has been sent for by telegraph," they said one to another.
"We shall do what he says.

If he tells us that it is the young gentleman we will also say that it is; but if he says it is not he, we will also deny it.

This is the only way." Having decided upon this diplomatic course as the one most likely to prove advantageous to them, they went back to their several occupations and amusements.