ratified to hear that one of the doctor's own sons
was coming over to be a companion and friend to his boys, and that
he was sending off in the course of two days a gentleman of his
household to Calais to meet him and conduct him to Paris. On young
Mr. Sandwith's arrival at Calais he was to go at once to the Hotel
Lion door and ask for M. du Tillet.

During the intervening time Harry had been very busy, he had to
say good-bye to all his friends, who looked, some with envy, some
with pity, upon him, for the idea of a three years' residence in
France was a novel one to all. He was petted and made much of at
home, especially by his sisters, who regarded him in the light of
a hero about to undertake a strange and hazardous adventure.

Three days after the arrival of the letter of the marquis, Dr.
Sandwith and Harry started by stage for Dover, and the doctor put
his son on board the packet sailing for Calais. The evening before,
he gave him much good advice as to his behaviour.

"You will see much that is new, and perhaps a good deal that you
don't like, Harry, but it is better for you never to criticize or
give a hostile opinion about things; you would not like it if a
French boy came over here and made unpleasant remarks about English
ways and manners. Take things as they come and do as others do;
avoid all comparisons between French and English customs; fall in
with the ways of those around you; and adopt as far as you can the
polite and courteous manner which is general among the French, and
in which, I must say, they are far ahead of us. If questioned, you
will, of course, give your opinion frankly and modestly; it is the
independence of thought among English boys which has attracted the
attention and approval of Auguste de St. Caux.

"Be natural and simple, giving yourself no airs, and permitting
none on the part of the lads you are with; their father says you
are to be treated as their equal. But, upon the other hand, do not
be ever on the lookout for small slights, and bear with perfect
good temper any little ridicule your, to them foreign, ways and
manners may excite. I need not tell you to be always straightforward,
honest, and true, for of those qualities I think you possess a fair
share. Above all things restrain any tendency to use your fists;
fighting comes naturally to English boys, but in France it is
considered as brutal and degrading--a blow is a deadly insult,
and would never be forgiven.

"So, w