"
"Well, I hope you'll succeed, but I confess I think this is the most
difficult part of the affair. However, there is no time to lose; you had
better order the dogcart at once, while I go and say good-bye to mother
and the boys. We must be off in twenty minutes," replied Leon.
Half an hour later the brothers were seated in the dogcart, while the
old baroness, with a shawl thrown round her head, stood on the steps
under the portico to catch the last glimpse of her handsome Leon, with
her two younger boys by her side, and Pere Yvon and some of the servants
in the background. The groom had just let go of the horse's bridle when
Leon exclaimed--
"Wait a minute! I have forgotten my Malacca cane. I lent it to you the
other day, Arnaut. I must have it. Where shall I find it?"
"So you did. Here, one of you boys, run into my--but no, you'll wake
Mathilde, I'll go myself. Here, Leon, take the reins, and drive round to
the side door; I'll meet you there," said the baron, descending from the
dogcart, and running into the house.
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