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"How long do you give ht

"What time shall you require?"

"I should prefer that you name the limit," I answered

He pondered a moment Then "Will three months suffice you?" he asked

"If it is not done in three months, I will pay," said I

And then Chatellerault did what after all was, I suppose, the only thing that a gentleht do under the circue their glasses, he gave the toast

"Messieurs, drink with uedoc, and to the prospering of his undertaking"

In answer, a great shout went up from throats that suspense had lately held in leash Men leapt on to their chairs, and, holding their glasses on high, they acclaih I had been the hero of soure in a soer

"Bardelys!" was the shout hich the house reechoed "Bardelys! Bardelys the Magnificent! Vive Bardelys!"