might profit by his victories.
Roland and Sir John, having now visited all that the town of Bourg offered of interest, returned to the Chateau des Noires-Fontaines, which they reached before long.

Madame de Montrevel and Amelie had gone out.
Roland installed Sir John in an easy chair, asking him to wait a few minutes for him.

At the end of five minutes he returned with a sort of pamphlet of gray paper, very badly printed, in his hand.
"My dear fellow," said he, "you seemed to have some doubts about the authenticity of that festival which I just mentioned, and which nearly cost my mother and sister their lives, so I bring you the programme.
Read it, and while you are doing so I will go and see what they have been doing with my dogs; for I presume that you would rather hold me quit of our fishing expedition in favor of a hunt." He went out, leaving in Sir John's hands a copy of the decree of the municipality of the town of Bourg, instituting the funeral rites in honor of Marat, on the anniversary of his death..