“He bought the horses, oxen, cows, and sheep we stole.
“At Chartres was one Doublet, who kept an inn and eating-house.
“He had a relation in the Government offices, through whose aid he procured passports in difficult cases.
“The gang had also its own ‘fences.’
“There was Mother Tiger at Baudreville, whose house, much resorted to by the bandits, was as full of mechanical contrivances as a theatre.
“She possessed a cellar in which as many as fifteen brigands could be concealed if overtaken by the police.
“Mother Renaudin, of Apreux, was a great favourite with the gang.
“Her house was open at all hours, and she always gave the members a kind reception, whether they came with hands empty or full.
“Out of gratitude the brigands nicknamed her Goody Apreux.
“The inn itself had a most miserable, poverty-stricken appearance; but there was a well-furnished cellar, where the brigands regaled themselves jovially and in security.