The two men climbed through the window and found themselves in the forest thicket some twenty feet from the spot where they had killed the boar.
"That's what we want," said Roland; "only, my dear Sir John, as you would never find your way by night in a forest which, even by day, is so impenetrable, I shall accompany you as far as this." "Very well.

But once I am inside, you are to leave me," said the Englishman.

"I remember what you told me about the susceptibility of ghosts.

If they know you are near, they may hesitate to appear, and as you have seen one, I insist on seeing at least one myself." "I'll leave you, don't be afraid," replied Roland, adding, with a laugh, "Only I do fear one thing." "What is that ?" "That in your double capacity of an Englishman and a heretic they won't feel at ease with you." "Oh," replied Sir John, gravely, "what a pity I shall not have time to abjure before this evening." The two friends, having seen all there was to see, returned to the chateau.

No one, not even Amelie, had suspected that their walk was other than an ordinary one.