"Where can we learn the result of the interview?"
"I will come to your highness, wheresoever you may be."
"Not at the Arsenal," said Brigaud, "it is too dangerous."
"Can we not wait here?" asked the duchess.
"Remember," said Brigaud, "that my pupil is a steady fellow, receiving scarcely any one, and that a long visit might arouse suspicion."
"Can we not fix a rendezvous where there would be no such fear?" asked Pompadour.
"Certainly," said the duchess, "at the stone in the Champs-Elysées, for instance. Malezieux and I will come there in a carriage without livery, and without arms. Pompadour, Valef, and Brigaud will meet us there, each one separately; there we will wait for D'Harmental, and settle the last measure."
"That will suit well," said D'Harmental, "for my man lives in the Rue Saint Honore."
"You know, chevalier," replied the duchess, "that you may promise as much money as you like."
"I undertake to fill the purse," said Brigaud.