"I like you," said he. "Now, Madame Moses, the side room!"
We showed him the small room that he asked for, and he went at once to
fetch his knapsack from the other, saying as he went:
"Now I am among honest people! We shall have no difficulty in getting
along together. You do not trouble me, I do not trouble you; I come in
and go out, by day or night; it is Sergeant Trubert, that is enough.
And now and then, in the morning, we will take our little glass; it is
agreed, is it not, Father Moses!"
"Yes, sergeant."
"And here is the key of the house," said Sorle.
"Very well; everything is arranged; now I am going to take a nap;
good-by, my friends."
"I hope you will sleep well, sergeant." We went out at once, and heard
him lie down.
"You see, Moses, you see," whispered my wife, in the alley, "it has all
come right."
"Yes," I replied, "all right, excellent; your plan was a good one; and
now, if the spirits of wine only come, we shall be happy."