I should certainly pay you the first visit if my health did not compel me just now to keep the house; for which I offer my affectionate regrets.

I shall be delighted to see my nephew, whom I invite to dine with me to-morrow,--young men are less sensitive than women about the company.

It will give me pleasure if Messrs.

Baruch Borniche and Francois Hochon will accompany him.
Your affectionate brother, J.-J.

Rouget.
"Say that we are at breakfast, but that Madame Bridau will send an answer presently, and the invitations are all accepted," said Monsieur Hochon to the servant.
The old man laid a finger on his lips, to require silence from everybody.