"You are going into all the villages of the mountain, are you not, Hullin?"
"Yes, that is the first thing to be done; I must warn the woodcutters, the charcoal-burners, the bargemen of what is going on."
"Without doubt. Do not forget Materne of Hengst and his two boys, Labarbe of Dagsburg, Jerôme of Saint-Quirin. Tell them that there will be powder and ball; that we are in it heart and soul, Catherine Lefévre, I, Marc Divès, and all the honest people of the country."
"Make your mind easy, Marc; I know my men."
"Then good-bye for the present."
They wrung each other's hands and parted.
The smuggler took the path to the right, towards the Donon, Hullin that to the left, towards the Sarre.
They were both proceeding on their way at a good pace when Hullin called to his comrade:
"Halloo! Marc, as you pass Catherine Lefévre's, tell her that all goes well, and that I am gone to the villages in the mountain."