“I think she must be there already,” said Ribeirac, “for the window is open.”
“True, but what can be the meaning of that ladder before it?”
“It is odd.”
“We are not the only ones to wonder,” said Livarot, “see those peasants, who are stopping their carts to look.”
The young men arrived under the balcony. “M. de Monsoreau,” they cried, “do you intend to be present at our combat? if so, be quick, for we wish to arrive first.”
They waited, but no one answered.
“Did you put up that ladder?” asked Antragues of a man who was examining the ground.
“God forbid!” replied he.
“Why so?”
“Look up.”