"No, my lord, I thank you; I have sufficient for my needs."
"Very well; you know where to find me, but I warrant Bellièvre will be looking out for you!"
"I shall watch for him eagerly, my lord," interposed Felix; "he is too good a comrade to be lost."
"I owe this to your kindness, Felix," I remarked when the Admiral had ridden off.
"Not kindness, my friend, but selfishness. I was thinking not so much of you, as of Felix Bellièvre. I foresee many happy days in store for us, Edmond."
"Like the one at Sancerre, for instance!"
"Ah," he replied brightly, "that is a day to be marked in red. But there will be others; and, Edmond, do not waste too much time between Le Blanc and La Rochelle."
"Unless I am laid by the heels," I answered laughing, "I shall be at Rochelle shortly after you!"