In fact, Bazin, curious to know what the mendicant could want with his master, kept pace with him as well as he could, and arrived almost at the same time he did; but his quickness was not of much use to him. At the hint from the mendicant his master made him a sign to retire, and he was obliged to obey.
En efecto, Bazin, curioso por saber lo que el mendigo quería de su maestro, había acompasado el paso al suyo, y había llegado casi al mismo tiempo que él; pero esta celeridad no le sirvió de gran cosa; a la invitación del mendigo, su amo le hizo seña de retirarse, y no tuvo más remedio que obedecer.