After a moment's silence, his master resumed: "You will take orders from M.Duplessis, and work with him.

You will deliver to him the note on the affair of the medals; he knows to whom to address it.

You will write to Batavia, Leipsic, and Charlestown, in the sense agreed.

Prevent, at any price, the daughters of General Simon from quitting Leipsic; hasten the arrival of Gabriel in Paris; and should Prince Djalma come to Batavia, tell M.Joshua Van Dael, that we count on his zeal and obedience to keep him there." And this man, who, while his dying mother called to him in vain, could thus preserve his presence of mind, entered his own apartments; whilst Rodin busied himself with the answers he had been ordered to write, and transcribed them in cipher.
In about three quarters of an hour, the bells of the post-horses were heard jingling without.

The old servant again entered, after discreetly knocking at the door, and said: "The carriage is ready." Rodin nodded, and the servant withdrew.