“What do you mean by saying you don’t know?”

“Certainly, how is it likely I should know where I should stay?”

“Have you not retained an hotel?”

“I?”

“Yes, you or the prince.”

“Neither of us has thought of it. Havre is of considerable size, I suppose; and provided I can get a stable for a dozen horses, and a suitable house in a good quarter——”

“Certainly, there are some very excellent houses.”

“Well then——”

“But not for us.”

“What do you mean by saying not for us?—for whom, then?”