ABSTRACT
THE unenviable situation described in the preceding chapter had lasted for some weeks, waiting a ray of hope to relieve it, when Johnnie, on his way one afternoon to Collyer Quay, happened to meet his old friend the Vicomte Armand Duplessis de Belleville, in the Square. The Vicomte, very proud of the command he had acquired of the English language, hailed Johnnie with enthusiasm.
