"And do you forget me, father?" asked Caillette.
"No—I confide you to Bobichel."
"Oh! Fanfar, do not leave me!" sobbed the young girl.
"Dear child, there are great dangers to run!"
"Yes, but with you I should not be afraid."
"And master—am I to be left behind?" asked the clown.
"Very well, we four will go, then," answered Gudel. "But you forget that we have not horses enough," he added.
"But I have legs," interposed Bobichel, "and I can overtake you wherever you go. You can take Caillette on behind."
"Yes, that would do very well, would it not, Fanfar?" asked the girl, eagerly.
"Where shall we go?" said Fanfar to Gudel.