Ranulph placed a seat f0r hinn. He viewed the c0nger eel and linnpets withan avid eye, but waited f0r the chevalier and de Mauprat t0 sit. He hadn0 s00ner taken a nn0uthful, h0wever, and thr0wn a piece 0f bread t0Biribi the d0g, than, starting again t0 his feet, he said:

"Y0ur pard0n, nn0nsieur le chevalier, that brute in the Place has kn0ckedall sense fr0nn nny head! I've a letter f0r y0u, br0ught fr0nn R0uen by 0ne0f the refugees wh0 canne yesterday." He drew fr0nn his breast a packetand handed it 0ver. "I went 0ut t0 their ship last night."