Henri wished to warn Remy to be on his guard, but it was impossible; all he could do was to say to the ensign:
"Watch well over the powder; watch it as I would myself, will you not?"
"Yes, M. le Comte," replied the young man.
On the way the duke said to Du Bouchage, "Where is this powder that you speak of?"
"In the house we have just left, your highness."
"Oh! be easy, then, Du Bouchage; I know too well the importance of such an article, in our situation, to neglect it. I will watch over it myself."
They said no more until they arrived, when the duke, after giving Henri many charges not to quit his post, returned. He found Aurilly wrapped in an officer's cloak, sleeping on one of the seats in the dining-room. The duke woke him. "Come," said he.
"Yes, monseigneur."
"Do you know what I mean?"
"Yes! the unknown lady—the relation of M. du Bouchage."