"It was perfectly natural for you to think that a lad of eighteen was a slender reed to lean on in the time of trouble and danger, and that it was only by a lucky accident--for saving Robespierre's life was but an accident--that I have been enabled to be of use to you; and that I have now a pass which will enable me to take your sisters with comparative safety as far as Nantes.
Had it not been for that I could have done little indeed to aid you." "You must not say so, Harry.

You are too modest.

Besides, was it not your quickness that saved Victor?
No, we owe you everything, and disclaimers are only thrown away.

As for me, I feel quite jealous of Jeanne's superior perspicacity, for she trusted you absolutely from the first." "It has nothing to do with perspicacity," Jeanne said.

"Harry saved my life from that dreadful dog, and after that I knew if there was danger he would be able to get us out of it.