Lenet pulled a bell-cord, and a servant appeared.
"Send Captain Cauvignac hither," said Lenet.
An instant after, our old acquaintance appeared in the doorway; but, prudent as always, there he halted.
"Come hither, captain," said the duke; "I am Monsieur le Duc de La Rochefoucauld."
"I know you perfectly well, monseigneur," said Cauvignac.
"Ah! so much the better, then. You received a commission to raise a company?"
"It is raised."
"How many men have you at your disposal?"
"A hundred and fifty."
"Well armed and equipped?"