When they entered, “Remember your promise,” said Bussy, “I have some one to speak to.”
“You leave me, Bussy?”
“Yes, I must, but if I hear a great noise I will come to you, so speak loud.”
Then Bussy, followed by Jeanne, took a secret staircase, traversed two or three corridors, and arrived at an antechamber.
“Wait here for me,” said he to Jeanne.
“Ah, mon Dieu! you leave me alone.”
“I must, to provide for your entrance.”