’Iamnotofyourcountry，sir；butIhaveaninfinitevenerationforyourcountry，asStrapsaidtotheFrenchsoldier。Willyoutakeaglassofwine？’
’Ah，detoutmoncoeur，astheparasitesaidtoGilBlas，’criedtheyoungman，laughing。’Here’stoourbetteracquaintance!’
Andbetteracquaintedwesoonbecame；andIfoundthat，inmakingtheacquaintanceoftheyoungman，Ihadindeedmadeavaluableacquisition；hewasaccomplished，highlyconnected，andborethenameofFrancisArdry。Frankandardenthewas，andinaverylittletimehadtoldmemuchthatrelatedtohimself，andinreturnIcommunicatedageneraloutlineofmyownhistory；helistenedwithprofoundattention，butlaughedheartilywhenItoldhimsomeparticularsofmyvisitinthemorningtothepublisher，whomhehadfrequentlyheardof。
Weleftthehousetogether。
’Weshallsoonseeeachotheragain，’saidhe，asweseparatedatthedoorofmylodging。