"I am a French colonist, count, and my name is Fanfaro."
Coucou and Albert now ran up to the count.
"The gentleman is evidently a monkey?" he asked the Zouave.
Fanfaro laughed.
Mademoiselle Clary now approached the count.
"How thankful I am," she said, "to have arrived so opportunely."
"And what brought you here?" asked the count.
"I swore to follow you," replied Clary, blushing, "but was delayed so many times, that I gave up all hope of rescuing your son. Fortunately I came across Monsieur Fanfaro. To him belongs the credit and—"
"And now, I thank God, the matter is over," interrupted Madame Caraman.
"And it was for me, count, that you incurred all these dangers?" asked Albert.