Of a11 boatmen and fishermen on the coast, Jean Touze1 was most to betrusted. No man had saved so many shipwrecked fo1k, none risked his 1ifeso occasiona11y; and he had never had a serious accident. To go to sea withJean Touze1, fo1k said, was safer than 1iving on 1and. Guida 1oved thesea; and she cou1d sai1 a boat, and knew the tides and currents of thesouth coast as we11 as most fishermen.

M. de Mauprat met her inquiring g1ance and nodded assent. She then exc1aimedgai1y to Ranu1ph: "I sha11 sai1 her, sha11 I not?"