"No, no; renounce everything without fear.

Raoul can get on without you.

I am at Paris." "In that case I shall return to Blois.

We will take leave of each other to-night; to-morrow at daybreak I shall be on my horse again." "You cannot return to your hotel alone; why did you not bring Grimaud with you ?" "Grimaud takes his rest now; he goes to bed early, for my poor old servant gets easily fatigued.

He came from Blois with me, and I compelled him to remain within doors; for if, in retracing the forty leagues which separate us from Blois, he needed to draw breath even, he would die without a murmur.