"Well, be as quick as you can, please. I want to go for a walk in the park while there is no one about."
The little Breton laughed. "You won't run any danger of finding anyone at this hour. What will the ladies take for breakfast?"
"Two cups of chocolate, please," said Genevieve, beginning to get up.
"Be so good as to make haste, Jeanette, get us our hot water and our chocolate, like a good girl and say nothing to anyone."
Jeanette looked in the mirror, adjusted her cap, put back a stray lock of hair, and opened the door. But she stopped, looking at the girls craftily.
"Which way were you going, Mademoiselle?"
"That all depends. Which way is the prettiest?"
"When you leave the Château you must turn to your right and walk to the first thicket. About ten minutes through the thicket and you will come out on the big terrace. That is where they always take the guests and say how beautiful it is!"
"Thank you," said Genevieve, "to the right, then the thicket and the terrace. We aren't likely to meet anyone?"
"Nobody is abroad but the cats at this hour, and…."