"I will trouble you with a few commissions," said the savant.

"Yes, yes," said the savant impatiently; "but it is the inscription that interests me, not the paper and ink."

"Perhaps Perfecta will not oppose your doing so," said the savant, giving his attention to his notes and papers.

"Well," said the savant presently, after a pause: "Now you have got him, what are you going to do with him?"