"I know that well."
"Will you pass me across them?"
"Without doubt."
"Then you are not afraid of the Custom House officers?"
"I'm afraid of the dogs."
"In that case," said Cournet, "we will take sticks."
They accordingly armed themselves with big sticks. Cournet gave fifty francs to Henry, and promised him fifty more when they should have crossed the second Custom House line.
"That is to say, at four o'clock in the morning," said Henry.
It was midnight.
They set out on their way.