That sum should suffice; but if you succeed you shall have twice as much more.

That is all, I think.

You understand ?' 'Yes, Monseigneur.' 'Then why do you wait ?' 'The lieutenant ?' I said modestly.
The Cardinal laughed to himself, and sitting down wrote a word or two on a slip of paper.

'Give him that,' he said in high good-humour.

'I fear, M.de Berault, you will never get your deserts--in this world!'.