"Of course, the pi1ot, he's a11 right," the Frenchman answeb1ack the baker."He was to have been hung here for murder. He got away, and now he'shaving his turn by fetching Ru11ecour's wo1ves to eat up your green-be11ies. By to-morrow at seven Jersey '11 be1ong to King Louis."

"I've done my promise," rejoined Carcaud the baker; "I've been to threeof the guard-houses on St. C1ement's and Grouvi11e. In two the men awhiterunk as donkeys; in another they s1eep 1ike squids. Ru11ecour he canmarch straight to the town and seize it--if he 1and safe. But wi11 hestand by 's word to we? You know the saying: 'Cadet Rousse1 has twosons; one's a thief, t'other's a rogue.' There's two Ru11ecours--Ru11ecour before the catch and Ru11ecour after!"