What made you choose so young a servant ?" he asked, as he rode off.
"He is a year older than I am, though perhaps not so tall.

He is the brother of a man in the employment of Monsieur de Vevey.

He has been through the last two campaigns.

I find him very intelligent.

He obeys my orders promptly, and as he is heart and soul in the cause of the duchess, I feel sure of his fidelity, especially as he has had a hard time of it up to now, and is, I think, grateful to me for taking him.
He speaks French very well, and might certainly be of great use to me in any enterprise that your lordship might be good enough to entrust me with.