His elbows on either arm of his round chair, he sat leaning forward, thoughtfully gazing at his companion.
'By chance,' he replied.

'I sleep badly; so it happened that I was abroad shortly after daybreak.

I was near the edge of the wood when I heard a pistol-shot.

I waited for the second.' 'We fired together,' Hubert remarked.
'Ah! It seemed to me one report.

Well, as I stood listening, there came out from among the trees a man who seemed in a hurry.