"No stars in the sky, no moon--"
"And no compass," added Petit-Pierre, laughing, and trying by a joke to revive her companion's nerve.
"Wait."
"Ah! you have an idea, I'm sure!"
"I happened to notice the vane on the castle just at dusk; the wind was east."
Bonneville wet his finger in his mouth and held it up.
"What's that for?"
"A weathercock. There's the north," he said, unhesitatingly; "if we walk in the teeth of the wind we shall come out on the plain near Saint-Philbert."
"Yes, by walking; but that's the difficulty."
"Will you let me carry you in my arms?"