"Precisely."
"Do you think I shall remain there long?"
"I have no idea, monsieur; but from the way in which you were recommended, I think it's likely."
"Oho! Is it a very forbidding place, this Île Saint-Georges?"
"Don't you know the fortress?"
"On the inside, no; I have never been inside."
"It's not very attractive, monsieur; and, aside from the governor's apartments, which have been newly furnished and are very pleasant, as I am informed, it's rather a gloomy abode."
"Very good. Do you suppose they will question me?"
"It's the custom."