"Yes, M. David."
"On the pond not far from the house, I have seen a little boat; is it there still?"
"Yes, M. David."
"Is it light enough to be carried on the cart?"
"Certainly, M. David."
"Frederick and I will assist you in placing it there. Run and hitch up; we will join you."
André hurried to the stable.
"Now, madame," said David to Marie, "please have prepared immediately some bottles of wine and two or three coverings. We will carry them in the boat; for these poor people, if we succeed in saving them, will be dying of cold and want. Have some beds and a fire made ready, too, that every care can be given to them when we arrive. Now, Frederick, we will assist André, and go as quickly as possible to the pond."
While David hastily disappeared with Frederick, Madame Bastien and Marguerite eagerly executed David's orders.
The horse, promptly hitched to the cart, took David and Frederick to the pond.