"Not until he has given me a carriage and two horses.... Bernadou, go and choose a couple of good horses and a good carriage."
"All right!"
Bernadou, the sergeant and the proprietor disappeared beneath the large gateway and were lost to sight in the dim distance of the stableyard and the darkness of the stables themselves.
"And now," said Charras, "for two volunteers!"
"What for?" asked a score of voices.
"To go and examine the position of the royal army and to return and give us full particulars."
"Where?"
"Wherever we ... the staff ... and General Pajol may be; there will be no difficulty in discovering that."
"We will go," said two men.