"In the cemetery of the Grands-Innocens, great prince."
Henri looked at him in astonishment again.
"Ah! you did not expect that," said Chicot. "Well, till to-morrow, when I or my messenger will come—"
"How shall I know your messenger when he arrives?"
"He will say he comes from the shade." And Chicot disappeared so rapidly as almost to reawaken the king's fears as to whether he were a shade or not.
CHAPTER XVI.
THE SERENADE.
From the Louvre Chicot had not far to go to his home. He went to the bank of the Seine and got into a little boat which he had left there.