"Like Napoleon on the morning of Austerlitz," he said, when he woke up.
It was dinner-time. He made a hearty meal and then, while he smoked a cigarette, inspected his weapons and renewed the charges of his two revolvers:
"Keep your powder dry and your sword sharpened, as my chum the Kaiser says. Octave!"
Octave appeared.
"Go and have your dinner at the castle, with the servants. Tell them you are going to Paris to-night, in the motor."
"With you, governor?"
"No, alone. And, as soon as dinner is over, make a start, ostensibly."
"But I am not to go to Paris. . . ."
"No, remain outside the park, half a mile down the road, until I come. You will have a long wait."
He smoked another cigarette, went for a stroll, passed in front of the castle, saw a light in Dolores' rooms and then returned to the chalet.