"And has not your father told you I have been in
England ? "

" Yes, Monsieur the Chevalier."

" And that I had there met with a very lucky chance 1 "

"No, Monsieur, I did not know that."

" Yes ; a very worthy friend of mine, a great noble-
man, the Viceroy of Scotland and Ireland, has endowed
me with an inheritance."

" An inheritance ? "

"And a good one too."

" Then you are rich ! Receive my sincere congratulation."

" Thank you ! Look ! that is my house."

« Place de Greve 1 "

" Yes ; you don't like this quarter 1 "

" Quite the contrary ; the look-out on the water ia
pleasant. Oh, what a pretty old house ! "

" The sign of Notre Dame ; it is an old pot-house which
I have transformed into a private house in two days."

" But the pot-house is still open 1 "

" Yes."



30 THE VICOMTE DK BKAGELONNE.
" And where do you lodge, then 1 "

" I ? I lodge with Planchet."

" You said just now, ' There is my house.' "

" I said so, because, in fact, it is my house. I have
bought it."

"Ah!" said Raoul.
" At ten years' purchase, my dear Raoul ; a superb
affair. I bought the house for thirty thousand livres.
