"It is, in faith, a very fine castle. My ancestors had ten or a dozen like that; but they played for one every evening at piquet, and you know that luck is not always favorable. But ugh! how tired I am, this palfrey trotted so hard."
"And within these walls Blanche is shut up."
"That's very probable. By jingo! but we came at a good pace, and at the present time I would defy the best jockey in France."
"How shall we know on which side this young girl is?"
"I think it's first necessary to know where we can get some breakfast; you must be terribly fatigued, signora."
"I don't feel in the least tired, the hope of vengeance has doubled my strength."
"I have had nothing to double mine; I'm knocked up, exhausted, and I'm as hungry as a hunter."
Julia alighted from her horse and led the animal to Chaudoreille.
"Mount him," she said, "and take the other by the bridle. Go to the village, which you see over there, find an inn, and there wait for me. I wish to examine the château."
"Enough, I'll go and make them get breakfast ready. Oh, under what title shall we present ourselves? I have been thinking that it would be better to preserve our incognito in this part of the country."