"We can't walk," he muttered.
"We will go with the convoy. They are on the way to Sedan, where the Emperor is. Jack, they are fighting at Sedan! Do you understand?"
She came closer, looking up into his troubled eyes.
"Show me the box," she whispered.
He drew the flat steel box from his coat.
After a moment she said, "Nothing must stop us now. I am ready!"
"You are not ready," he replied, sullenly; "you need rest."
"'Tiens ta Foy,' Jack."
The colour dyed his pale cheeks and he straightened up. "Always, Lorraine."
Grahame called to them from the cottage: "You can get a horse and wagon here! Come and eat something at once!"