You have been a good and faithful servant." Breton made a negative gesture.

"Monsieur," timidly, "I do not want money, and I could never grow accustomed to a new master.

I was born at the chateau in Perigny.

My mother was your nurse and she loved you.
I know your ways so well, Monsieur Paul.

Can I not accompany you to Quebec?
I ask no wages; I ask nothing but a kind word now and again, and a fourth of what you have to eat.