"Instruct me, captain; for you seem to know more about it than I, who am a provincial."
"First, we must not lodge in the same hotel."
"Diable!" said Gaston, who remembered the address given to Helene; "I had a great wish to remain here."
"I will be the one to turn out then, chevalier. Take one of my rooms, this one, or the one above."
"I prefer this."
"You are right; on the ground-floor, a window looking into one street, a secret door to the other. You have a quick eye; we shall make something of you."
"Let us return to our business."
"Right; where was I?"
"You said you might not be able to come back and fetch me."
"Yes, but in that case take care not to follow any one without sufficient signs."