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I shaved, swallowed the coffee which the young waiter brought me, and at once descended to the bureau; when in French I inquired of the clerk for Señor Salavera. He examined the register and replied politely: "We have no one of that name staying here, señor." "What?" I cried. "He was in Room 175 last night!" "Number 175 was Señor Solier," replied the smart young clerk.
"He paid his bill and left just after seven o'clock this morning." "But I saw his identification papers his passport letters addressed to him as Señor Salavera!" "That may be so, señor," was the suave reply. "But he registered here as Señor Solier." And then he dropped into English, which he spoke very fairly. "Of course people who stay at hotels do not always give their correct names.
It would thus appear that the painting is a portrait of Charles de Solier, seigneur de Morette; an eminent soldier and diplomatist of France; born in 1480, Ambassador to England more than once, and finally, in 1534.
September 12, mentioned by the same chronicler in the following words: "Fray Pedro de Solier came to his bishopric in the year 1615, the same in which a great tempest occurred, after more than forty years since the one called of San Mateo. This one happened on the 12th of September.
"Gentlemen and officers of the king's forces, and citizens of St. Germain, make ready to receive seven hundred troops who have vowed to set Babylon on fire; the seminary and the houses of MM. de Fabregue, de Sarrasin, de Moles, de La Rouviere, de Musse, and de Solier, will be burnt to the ground.
A moment of fierce shock passed: on the ground lay many a Moor, pierced through by the Christian lance; and on the other side of the foe was heard the voice of Villena "St. Jago to the rescue!" But the brave marquess stood almost alone, save his faithful chamberlain, Solier.
"Gentlemen and officers of the king's forces, and citizens of St. Germain, make ready to receive seven hundred troops who have vowed to set Babylon on fire; the seminary and the houses of MM. de Fabregue, de Sarrasin, de Moles, de La Rouviere, de Musse, and de Solier, will be burnt to the ground.
A moment of fierce shock passed: on the ground lay many a Moor, pierced through by the Christian lance; and on the other side of the foe was heard the voice of Villena "St. Jago to the rescue!" But the brave marquess stood almost alone, save his faithful chamberlain, Solier.
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