will, and when the letter of acceptance had been sent off, she
busied herself in preparing Harry's clothes for his long absence.

"He ought to be measured for several suits, my dear," she said to
her husband, "made bigger and bigger to allow for his growing."

"Nonsense, my dear! You do not suppose that clothes cannot be
purchased in France! Give him plenty of under-linen, but the fewer
jackets and trousers he takes over the better; it will be much
better for him to get clothes out there of the same fashion as
other people; the boy will not want to be stared at wherever he
goes. The best rule is always to dress like people around you. I
shall give him money, and directly he gets there he can get a suit
or two made by the tailor who makes for the lads he is going to be
with. The English are no more loved in France than the French are
here, and though Harry has no reason to be ashamed of his nationality
there is no occasion for him to draw the attention of everyone
he meets to it by going about in a dress which would seem to them
peculiar."

In due time a letter was received from Count Auguste de St. Caux,
stating that the marquis had requested him to write and say that
he was much gratified to hear that one of the doctor's own sons
was coming over to be a companion and friend to his boys, and that
he was sending off in the course of two days a gentleman of his
household to Calais to meet him and conduct him to Paris. On young
Mr. Sandwith's arrival at Calais he was to go at once to the Hotel
Lion door and ask for M. du Tillet.

During the intervening time Harry had been very busy, he had to