This grant of ours was practically his last official act.
Alphonse de Beaucaire took possession in 1712, one hundred and twenty years ago, sir.

I was myself born at Beaucaire, sixty-eight years ago." "I should have guessed you as ten years younger.

And the estate still remains in its original grant ?" The smile of condescension deserted his eyes, and his thin lips pressed tightly together.
"I--I regret not; many of the later years have proven disastrous in the extreme," he admitted, hesitatingly.

"You will pardon me, sir, if I decline to discuss misfortune.

Ah, Monsieur Kirby! I have been awaiting you.