Leon's brows were contracted, and he stamped his foot passionately, so Crevel hastened to obey.
"Learn, then, that this morning the young lady left the convent to rejoin her family."
"What do you say?" Leon asked, utterly astounded.
"The truth; for the sister porter assures me of the fact."
"In that case, I am off, too."
"Why?"
"What would you have me do here?"
And, not troubling himself further about his companion, the captain unfastened his horse and leaped on its back. Then, throwing his purse to the landlord, he said that he should see him again soon, and started at a gallop.
"Hum!" Crevel said, quite confounded; "the devil's certainly in that fellow, or he has a slate loose. What a pace he rides at!"
And, after giving a last glance at the rider, who was disappearing round the corner of the square, the worthy landlord quietly bent his steps in the direction of his posada.