Conseil was my manservant. A devoted lad who went with me on all my journeys; a gallant Flemish boy whom I genuinely liked and who returned the compliment; a born stoic, punctilious on principle, habitually hardworking, rarely startled by life's surprises, very skillful with his hands, efficient in his every duty, and despite his having a name that means "counsel," never giving advice-- not even the unsolicited kind!
Conseil era mi doméstico, un abnegado muchacho que me acompañaba en todos mis viajes; un buen flamenco por quien sentía yo mucho cariño y al que él correspondía sobradamente; un ser flemático por naturaleza, puntual por principio, cumplidor de su deber por costumbre y poco sensible a las sorpresas de la vida. De gran habilidad manual, era muy apto para todo servicio.