"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?"

"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?"
