"Yes; or even a bottle apiece," asserted Sitnikov. "I will go bail upon that."
"Go bail with what?"
"With my head."
"Your purse would have been better; but lead on."
[1] François Pierre Guillaume Guizot (1787-1874), the great French minister, ambassador, littérateur, and educationalist.
[2] Madame Svietchin (1782-1857), wife of the Russian General Svietchin. For more than forty years she maintained a famous salon.
[3] Etienne Bonnot de Mably de Condillac (1715-1780), a French philosopher who based knowledge solely upon the physical senses.
[4] Louis Bourdaloue (1632-1704), a professor in the Jesuit College of Bourges.