And now, with your permission, I will return to Royan, where I have my little apartment, as you know." He looked from one to the other, with his melancholy and self-deprecating smile.
"Voila," he added; "it remains for me to pay my respects to Madame de Chantonnay.

We have travelled far, and I am tired.

I shall ask her to excuse me." "And Monsieur de Bourbon comes to Gemosac.

That is understood.

He will be safe there.