Obliging and courageous as Habert himself was, this made him indignant.

Still he smiled and resumed: "Listen, perhaps there's a means of forcing an entry.

If your time is your own we can lunch together and then return to visit the Museum of Antiquities.

I shall certainly end by coming across my cousin and we may, perhaps, be lucky enough to meet the Pope should he go down to the gardens." At the news that his audience was yet again postponed Pierre had felt keenly disappointed.

However, as the whole day was at his disposal, he willingly accepted the _attache's_ offer.