"Why such precautions?"
"I will tell you. Where are Doña Angela and Doña Luz at this moment?"
"They are probably still asleep."
"Very good. Tell me, Loyal Heart, have you received any visitor during the last twenty-four hours?"
"I have not seen a living soul since the departure of the Count de Prébois Crancé."
"Ah!" the hunter said, "then a courier did not arrive last night?"
"None."
"So that you are ignorant of the deeds accomplished yesterday?"
"Utterly."
"You are not aware that the count fought a battle yesterday?"