But lead on, sir.

I see I must wait for your confidence, till you think proper to confer it; for you are already so well acquainted with my affairs, that I have nothing to offer you in exchange for it." "_Allons_, then," said his companion; "give your horse the spur, and raise the curb rein, lest he measure the ground with his nose instead of his paces.

We are not now more than a furlong or two from the place of entertainment." They mended their pace accordingly, and soon arrived at the small solitary inn which the traveller had mentioned.

When its light began to twinkle before them, the stranger, as if recollecting something he had forgotten, "By the way, you must have a name to pass by; for it may be ill travelling under your own, as the fellow who keeps this house is an old Cromwellian.

What will you call yourself ?--My name is--for the present--Ganlesse." "There is no occasion to assume a name at all," answered Julian.