Look, madame! Here is your husband's friend, Monsieur Lattery--a good climber but not always very sure on ice." "You always will say that, Michel," protested Chayne.

"I never knew a man so obstinate." Michel Revailloud smiled and said to Sylvia: "I knew he would spring out on me.

Never say a word against Monsieur Lattery if you would keep friends with Monsieur Chayne.

See, I give you good advice in return for your kindness in visiting an old man.
Nevertheless," and he dropped his voice in a pretence of secrecy and nodded emphatically: "It is true.

Monsieur Lattery was not always sure on ice.