e hall. The boy
pointed to Rollo, and said something to this man.

"Are you going to the Garden of Plants?" said the man to Rollo, speaking
in English, though with a very decidedly foreign accent.

"Yes, sir," said Rollo.

"And did you invite Carlos to go with you?"

"Yes, sir," said Rollo; "only I did not know that his name was Carlos.
He told me something very different from that. What language is it that
he talks? Is it French?"

"No," replied the man, "it is Spanish. He is a Spanish boy. He cannot
understand a word of French or English. But he may go with you to the
Garden of Plants."

"Are you his father, sir?" asked Rollo.

"No," replied the man, "I am his father's courier."[E]

[E] A courier is a traveling servant. A good courier understands all the
principal languages of Europe, and is acquainted with all the routes and
modes of travelling. He takes all the care of the party that employs
him; makes bargains for them; finds out good hotels for them to go to;
pays the bills; obtains all necessary information; and does every thing
for them, in fact, which is required in making the tour of Europe.

So saying, the man passed on, leaving Rollo and Carlos together.

"Come, Carlos," said Rollo, "let us go into uncle George's room, and see
if he is not ready to go."

Rollo beckoned as he spoke, and Carlos, understanding his action, though
not his words, immediately followed him. In fact, during all his
subsequent intercourse with Carlos, Rollo continued to talk to him just
as if he could understand, and Carlos talked also in reply.

It is true, that, if Rollo had been asked whether he supposed that
Carlos understood what he said, he would have answered no; and yet he
continually forgot to act upon this belief, but talked on, under the
influence of a sort of instinctive feeling that good plain English, such
as he took care to speak, could not fail to convey ideas to any boy that
heard it. Under the influence of a similar feeling, Carlos talked
Spanish to Rollo, each imagining that the other understood him, at least
in some degree, while, in fact, neither understood any thing but the
signs and gestures which accompanied the language.

Just as they were about to set out, one of Mr. George's friends called
to see him; and when he found that the party were going to the Garden of
Plants, he wished to go too. There was scarcely room for so many in the
carriage, and so Rollo proposed that he and Carlos should go i