From the maid I will get to know the hour of the chaise's starting and the route so that you can plant your men.

I grant that this has the air of a highwayman's attack, but, after all, the uniform covers a host of civil sins, and, really, I do not see a better way to have done with the youth.

It will never do to have him strut about Paris boasting that he snatched the sword away from an officer and drubbed him with a cane into the bargain." Sullen fire burned in the hearer's eyes.

He stamped his foot, suppressed an oath, and when he looked up, had a serene countenance.
"You have said enough.

A willing steed does not need the spur.