On finally obtaining a sight of my prey, I found him old, disease-stricken and half-blind.

The feelings of that moment I have never forgotten.

A sensation near akin to it--a sort of shame attaching to a pursuit unworthy of a sportsman--came to me again now, when I was told that I might live under the roof that sheltered Mademoiselle de Clericy.
"You hesitate," said the Vicomte.

"I am afraid it is an essential.

I must have you always at hand.".