He comes every spring, if there is peace along the road, to buy silks.

We now have peace, though I fear it will be of short duration, and I am expecting Castleman early this season.

He will probably be here before the first of May.

He is a rich merchant, and was one of the councillors of Duke Philip the Good, father to the present Duke of Burgundy.

Years ago Duke Philip built a house for him abutting the walls of Peronne Castle.