For that reason the filthy streets of the old quarter seemed to him perfect paradise.

There, only, he would be able to change his skin.
The moment which he had been awaiting soon arrived.

The firm of Puech and Lacamp seemed to be at the last gasp.

The young man then negotiated the match with prudent skill.

He was received, if not as a deliverer, at least as a necessary and acceptable expedient.