When they halted, he was indefatigable in seeing after Philip's comforts.

He cut boughs of the trees best suited for the purpose of making a couch, and surprised his master and Francois by his ingenuity in turning out excellent dishes from the scantiest materials.

He would steal away in the night to procure fowls and eggs from neighbouring farmhouses and, although Philip's orders were that he was to pay the full price for everything he required, Philip found, when he gave an account a fortnight later of how he had spent the money he had given him, that there was no mention of any payment for these articles.

When he rated Pierre for this, the latter replied: "I did not pay for them, sir.

Not in order to save you money, but for the sake of the farmers and their families.