I am no longer the same man, and among the other things that I have put from me are the sorrows that were of the old Charlot.

But some memories cannot altogether die, and if to-day I no longer mourn that poor child, yet the knowledge of the debt that lies 'twixt the noblesse of France and me is ever present, and I neglect no opportunity of discharging a part of it.

But enough of that, Caron.

Tell me of yourself.

It is a full twelvemonth since last we met, and in that time, from what I have heard, you have done much and gone far.