"You are a delightful fellow. I am ready."
"Not quite; there are conditions; at least, one."
"Pray let me know what it is."
"You must profit by the few minutes that remain to us to disguise yourself, so as to be unrecognisable."
"To what purpose, in a country where nobody knows me?" cried Pierre Durand; "Will you tell me a reason?"
"That is my secret. Will you consent? That is right. Now go there, and you will find all things necessary."
Pierre Durand was about to leave the room, but the outlaw indicated where everything was ready.
"There is another favour I must ask of you."
"Go ahead, nothing surprises me," said the captain, who, with magnificent sang-froid had commenced his work.
"In case chance should bring us face to face with people we know," he said, earnestly, "you will still keep up your incognito, even if you happen to see among these the face of the friend whom you have travelled so far to see."