Arthur?" said Chapeau.
"I got over the wall behind the stables. I never went into the house at
all. But what on earth are we to do, Chapeau? Can't we get the men from
Echanbroignes to come to the rescue?"
The matter was then discussed between them, and it was decided that
Chapeau should take the pony, and collect the men at Echanbroignes and
on the road thither, and that he should return with them, if possible,
during the night; that the smith should go off to St. Laud, and get
Father Jerome to bring with him the men from thence, and that Arthur
should return to the chateau.
"No," said he, when Chapeau pressed him to undertake the mission to
Echanbroignes, "I will not leave Mademoiselle Agatha and the Marquis any
longer. They will think I have run away. Besides, maybe, I can be of
some service to them there. At any rate, I will go and see what is going
on; but, Chapeau, our lives depend on you. Don't lose one single minute
now, even though you should ride poor Bayard to death," and he put his
hand on the neck of the pony, whom he had named after the flower of
chivalry.
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