"You promised?"

"I gave my word."

"And you kept it?"

"As you see, for I am seeking now."

"You are an honest man, and here is my hand," cried Bussy.

"Monsieur, it will be an eternal glory for me to have touched
the hand of Bussy d'Amboise. However, I have a scruple. There
were ten pistoles in the purse."

"Well?"

"It is too much for a man who charges five sous for his visits,
when he does not give them gratis, and I was seeking the house----"

"To return the purse?"

"Just so."

"My dear M. Remy, it is too much delicacy; you have earned the
money well, and may surely keep it."

"You think so?" said Remy, well pleased.

"But I also am in your debt; indeed, it was I who ought to have
paid you, and not the lady. Come, give me your confidence. What