"To do the honors of the inn, if you have no objection."
"I am deeply grateful to you, monsieur, but I do not require your services. I am expecting a friend."
"Very good; dismount, and while you are waiting, we will talk."
"What am I to do, madame?" interposed Pompée.
"Dismount, engage a room, and order supper," said Cauvignac.
"Monsieur," rejoined the viscountess, "if I mistake not, it is for me to give orders to my servant."
"That depends upon circumstances, viscount. I command at Jaulnay, and have fifty men at my beck and call. Pompée; do as I bid you."
Pompée lowered his crest and entered the inn.
"Do you presume to arrest me, monsieur?" demanded the young woman.