Shall I send him up here to you ?" "No, I will go down and see him in the courtyard.

If he comes up here he would be, perhaps, awkward and unnatural, and would not speak so freely as he would in the open air." The merchant shook his head.
"If you take the vagabond, remember, Monsieur Philip, that it is altogether against my advice.

I would never have spoken to you about him, if I had imagined for a moment that you would think of taking him.

A fellow who has never kept any employment for two months, how could he be fit for a post of confidence, and be able to mix as your body servant with the households of honourable families ?" "But you said yourself, Maitre Bertram, that he has never had a fair chance.

Well, I will see him, anyhow." [Illustration: Philip gets his first look at Pierre.] He descended into the courtyard, and could not help smiling as his eye fell upon a figure seated on the horse block.