Beginning thus, I promise you that you shall presently become a man of prominence in Picardy.

Anon we may send you to Paris to represent us in the States-General.

Then, when the change comes, who shall say to what heights it may not be yours to leap ?" "I will think of it," answered La Boulaye cordially, "and not a doubt of it but that I will come.

I did not know that you had gone so far--" "Sh! You know now.

Let that suffice.