“Home, monsieur.”

“Just what the people want who are there waiting for you.”

“Waiting for me? No one is there for me.”

“Oh, yes, a dozen visitors at least.”

“A whole regiment, perhaps?” said Oliva, laughing.

“Perhaps, had it been possible to send a whole regiment, they would have done so.”

“You astonish me!”

“You would be far more astonished if I let you go.”

“Why?”

“Because you would be arrested.”