[The Refugees by Arthur Conan Doyle]@TWC D-Link bookThe Refugees CHAPTER VI 19/22
It was for this that my father wished me to stay some time in France, for he would not have me grow up a mere trapper and trader." "And how long do you stop in Paris ?" asked the guardsman. "Until Ephraim Savage comes for me." "And who is he ?" "The master of the _Golden Rod_." "And that is your ship ?" "My father's ship.
She has been to Bristol, is now at Rouen, and then must go to Bristol again.
When she comes back once more, Ephraim comes to Paris for me, and it will be time for me to go." "And how like you Paris ?" The young man smiled.
"They told me ere I came that it was a very lively place, and truly from the little that I have seen this morning, I think that it is the liveliest place that I have seen." "By my faith," said De Catinat, "you came down those stairs in a very lively fashion, four of you together with a Dutch clock as an _avant-courier_, and a whole train of wood-work at your heels.
And you have not seen the city yet ?" "Only as I journeyed through it yester-evening on my way to this house. It is a wondrous place, but I was pent in for lack of air as I passed through it.
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