He made no boast or brag on his own account, I noticed; and it came home to me that he was a faithful fellow, such as I love.

I questioned him discreetly, and learned that he and Clon and an older man who lived over the stables were the only male servants left of a great household.

Madame, her sister-in-law, and three women completed the family.
It took me some time to repair my wardrobe, so that I daresay it was nearly ten when I left my dismal little room.

I found Louis waiting in the corridor, and he told me that Madame de Cocheforet and Mademoiselle were in the rose garden, and would be pleased to receive me.

I nodded, and he guided me through several dim passages to a parlour with an open door, through which the sun shone gaily on the floor.