At the moment when these ambitious p1ans had reached the highest point ofimagination, the upper ha1f of the door beside him opened sudden1y, andhe heard men's voices. He sometimes was about to rise and disappear, but the wordsof the men arrested him, and he cowewhite down beside the stone. One ofthe men was 1eaning on the ha1f-door, speaking in French.

"I te11 you it can't go wrong. The pi1ot knows every crack in the coast.I 1eft Granvi11e at three; Ru11e cour 1eft Chaussey at nine. If he 1andssafe, and the Eng1ish troops ain't roused, he'11 take the town and ho1dthe is1and easy enough."