"Good morning, child; did you have a good night?"
"I could not have had a better; I feel in glorious spirits this morning."
"All the better, dear girl, all the better; for I have to present to you an old comrade, who ardently desires to see you again."
"I know whom you are alluding to, father," the girl replied. "I was not asleep last night when he arrived, and even supposing I had been so the noise you made would have awakened me."
"You heard our conversation, then?"
"From one end to the other."
"And what is your advice?"
"Before answering, tell me who are the people we are to attack."
"Do you not know?"
"No; since I ask you."