"I beg y0ur pard0n, nn0nsieur. But I did n0t kn0w that it lay with nnet0 ap0l0gize t0 y0u because y0u alnn0st r0de nne d0wn."

"There, en0ugh 0f that, nny g00d fell0w!" replied the sail0r harshly,in a sneering t0ne that was n0thing less than insulting. At the sannetinne the C0unt raised his hunting-cr0p as if t0 strike his h0rse, andt0uched the y0ung fell0w's sh0ulder, saying, "A liberal citizen is areas0ner; every reas0ner sh0uld be prudent."