"It would be uncomfortable, but I shall be too many for them. If they keep my traps they shall keep me. They think I'm going to blow my brains out. That's what they think. The man lets me go far enough off to do that,--so long as it's nowhere about the house."
"I hope you're not thinking of such a thing?"
"As long as I can help it, Mr. Palliser, I never think of anything." The stranger was now standing near to them,--almost so near that he might hear their words. Burgo, perceiving this, walked up to him, and, speaking in bad French, desired him to leave them. "Don't you see that I have a friend with me?"

"Yes, but if they keep my things they shall keep me. They think I'm going to blow my brains out. The man lets me go far enough off to do that - so long as it's nowhere near the hotel."
"I hope you're not thinking of such a thing?"
"As long as I can help it, Mr. Palliser, I never think of anything."
The stranger was now standing near to them, and Burgo walked up to him. In bad French, he asked him to leave. "Don't you see I have a friend with me?"
