"What's your opinion of Marseilles, Jack?"
"Nothing great."
"Ditto."
"Nothing to see once you're out of sight of the sea, and the natives are not very interesting. They only appear to be full of conceit about their town without the least reason for it. I should like to know if there is really any thing in Marseilles to warrant the faintest belief in the place."
This was Pierre Lenoir's opportunity.
He stepped forward.
"Excuse me, gentlemen," said he. "Englishmen, I presume?"
"Yes, sir," responded Jack; "are you English?"
"I haven't that honour," replied Pierre Lenoir.