It is a great compliment that he pays us in sending hither the handsomest and most accomplished gentleman of all his Court--so fame has it--yet it is a compliment of whose flattery I am not sensible.

Bardelys goes hence as empty-handed as went Chatellerault.

Let him but show his face, and my daughter journeys to Auch again.

Am I not well advised, Monsieur de Lesperon ?" "Why, yes," I answered slowly, after the manner of one who deliberates, "if you are persuaded that your conclusions touching Bardelys are correct." "I am more than persuaded.

What other business could bring him to Lavedan ?" It was a question that I did not attempt to answer.