"Oh, yes, but I got another order later on."
"What?"
"Not to put the horses in at all."
"Who gave you that order?"
"Ma foi—the Prussian commandant."
"Why?"
"I don't know—you had better ask him. I am told not to harness the horses, and so I don't harness them—there you are."
"Did he tell you so himself?"
"No, Monsieur, the innkeeper brought me the message from him."
"When was that?"