“Thank you.”
“That is better than a syrup.”
“I have your word.”
“My name is Point-of-Honour.”
“Adieu.”
“You are a gentleman: I am a caballero.”
It was clear that only devils could talk in this way. The children did not listen long. This time they took to flight in earnest; the French boy, convinced at last, running even quicker than the others.
On the Tuesday following this Saturday, Sieur Clubin returned to St. Malo, bringing back the Durande.