"Very good!"
They started, Fanfar going a little in front. Suddenly he stopped.
"Zounds!" he said, "here is a wide courtyard; it is impossible for us to cross it. We must get down now."
"And how, for Heaven's sake!"
"By taking hold of the gutters and the balconies."
"One would suppose that we were gorillas," sighed Gudel.
"We must do something!"
"Yes, but I am a little heavy, as you have reason to acknowledge. How can we tell that guards are not below waiting for us. Let us see if we can't get into some window."
"And find the room inhabited?"