Do not be in a hurry, then, to cross the seas; within a week there will be something fresh, either a battle or an accomodation.

Then, as you have judged me to be a honorable man, and confided your secret to me, I have to thank you for this confidence, and I shall come and pay you a visit or send for you.

Do not go before I send you word.

I repeat the request." "I promise you, general," cried Athos, with a joy so great, that in spite of all his circumspection, he could not prevent its sparkling in his eyes.
Monk surprised this flash, and immediately extinguished it by one of those silent smiles which always caused his interlocutors to know they had made no inroad on his mind.
"Then, my lord, it is a week that you desire me to wait ?" "A week?
yes, monsieur." "And during these days what shall I do ?" "If there should be a battle, keep at a distance from it, I beseech you.
I know the French delight in such amusements,--you might take a fancy to see how we fight, and you might receive some chance shot.

Our Scotchmen are very bad marksmen, and I do not wish that a worthy gentleman like you should return to France wounded.