At the pace the young man was walking he needed only twenty minutes to reach the Chartreuse; especially if, instead of skirting the woods, he took the path that led direct to the monastery.

Roland was too familiar from youth with every nook of the forest of Seillon to needlessly lengthen his walk ten minutes.

He therefore turned unhesitatingly into the forest, coming out on the other side in about five minutes.

Once there, he had only to cross a bit of open ground to reach the orchard wall of the convent.

This took barely another five minutes.
At the foot of the wall he stopped, but only for a few seconds.