"The outside of it."
"You must get in on some pretext, and see Mademoiselle de Liancourt."
"Faith! She has chosen as strange a hiding-place as you have."
"It was of her own choosing," said Herrick. "See her. Say you come from me. Say that she must remain in hiding until I send to her again; that Count Felix must be allowed to believe that Duke Maurice is dead. Tell her that since leaving her in the forest I have learned that which makes me certain that Count Felix will never be crowned. Can you remember the message?"
Jean repeated it, marking each item off on his fingers.
"And what have I to say to Captain Lemasle?" he asked.
"Tell him to wait for a message from me," said Herrick.
"You must have impressed him greatly, friend Roger, to command him in this fashion. He's a man more easily led than driven."
"And one thing more," said Herrick, who was too busy thinking of all it was necessary to tell to notice the dwarf's comment. "You will not say where I am. They do not know what has happened since I left them. They might not understand my being in Father Bertrand's house."
"Then we are all in the dark until it pleases friend Roger to open the door," said Jean. "Well, since you undertake giants' work, it is hardly strange you should set about it in queer fashion. For all our sakes I pray your wisdom is as great as your courage."