Your stay in France should be very pleasant.

You can drink there at the fountain of ancient culture and glory.

The wilderness is magnificent in its way, but high civilization is magnificent also in its own and another way.

You can see Paris, the city of light, the center of the world, and you can behold the splendid court of His Majesty, King Louis.

That should appeal to a young man of taste and discernment." Robert felt a thrill and his pulses leaped, but the thrill lasted only a moment.