I begged his acceptance of it at once.

He thanked me quite warmly; and then, seeing that I looked a little surprised at the odd selection he had made from my sketches, laughingly asked me if I could guess why he had been so anxious to become possessed of the view which I had given him?
"Probably," I answered, "there is some remarkable historical association connected with that street at the back of the Palais Royal, of which I am ignorant." "No," said Mr.Faulkner; "at least none that _I_ know of.

The only association connected with the place in _my_ mind is a purely personal association.

Look at this house in your drawing--the house with the water-pipe running down it from top to bottom.

I once passed a night there--a night I shall never forget to the day of my death.