He passed straight through the shop into the merchant's counting house.
[Illustration: Gaspard Vaillant gets a surprise.] Gaspard looked up in surprise, at the entry of a gentleman unannounced; looked hard at his visitor, and then uttered his name and, rushing forward, embraced him warmly.
"I can hardly believe it is you," he exclaimed, holding Philip at arm's length and gazing up in his face.

"Why, you have grown a veritable giant; and as fine a man as your father was, when I first knew him; and you have returned Sir Philip, too.

I don't know that I was ever so pleased as when you sent me the news.

I gave a holiday to all the workmen, and we had a great fete.
"But of course, you cannot stop now.

You will be wanting to go up to your father and mother.