"Do you know the general?" inquired the Prussian colonel.
"I have not that honor."
"I am his son, Karl von Waldenmeer, and I think it would be best for you to accompany me to Falzenberg, where I am going to join my father."
"Perhaps if the baroness is still at Hagenhof it would better suit the inclination of the lady whom I escort, Mademoiselle de Rochefort, to go forward rather than be compelled to go to Falzenberg."
Colonel von Waldenmeer sat in thought during the long space, for him, of five seconds. "I think you would better come with me as far as Falzenberg," he said.
"As you command," answered Tournay.
"Did I understand you to say that the occupant of that carriage was a Mademoiselle de Rochefort?" asked the young von Waldenmeer, as Tournay spoke aside to Gaillard.
"Yes."
"What is the nature of your business with the baron my father?" was the next question, abruptly put.
"Will you permit me to discuss that with the baron himself?"