3/9 Pass on, pass on!" "I was all pride. Look you, father, I will endeavor to divide that into capital sins." "I like divisions, when well made." "I am glad of that. You must know that in 1630--alas! that is thirty-one years ago--" "You were then twenty-nine years old, monseigneur." "A hot-headed age. I was then something of a soldier, and I threw myself at Casal into the arquebusades, to show that I rode on horseback as well as an officer. It is true, I restored peace between the French and the Spaniards. |