And, forgetting that he was resting himself, he added:
"Is this a night to rest?"
"No, I know it isn't," replied the page; "but I am looking for——"
"For whom? Tell me quickly!"
"The coachman! haven't you seen him?"
"Aristandre? Have you seen him about here I ask, that you are looking for him? Answer me!"
"I haven't seen him in the château; but, as sure as you are sitting there, I saw him on the stone bridge, while they were fighting there."
"Death of my life! he isn't in the château, I will swear to that! But Mario! he was to bring Mario home! Did you see Mario?"
"No; I thought of him and I looked all about; Mario wasn't there."
"God be praised! If Mario had come with him, you wouldn't have seen one without the other. He wouldn't have gone a foot away from him. He wouldn't have taken part in the battle. Doubtless monsieur kept the child with him and sent the coachman back to tell us. But the poor coachman! You say that he was fighting?"