"Ah! well. Yes, mon cher, as well attempt to stop Proteus, arrest Proteus; you know the trouble Aristæus had to accomplish it,—
"'Pastor Aristæus, fugiens Peneïa Tempe.'"
"Take care," said Maurice, carrying the key to his mouth.
"Take care yourself, for this time you will not whistle at me, but at Virgil."
"That is very true, and as long as you do not translate him I have nothing to say. Now, to return to the Chevalier de Maison-Rouge."
"We agree that he is a brave man."
"The fact is, that to undertake such things he must possess immense courage."
"Or intense adoration."
"Do you believe, then, in the love of the chevalier for the queen?"