That shadow was Roland.

The three men stood talking for about ten minutes, Roland giving his orders, the other two listening and approving.
Then they separated.

The colonel returned home.

Roland and the captain followed the Rue de l'Etoile, climbed the steps of the Jacobins, passed down the Rue du Bourgneuf, and reached the outer road once more.

Then they struck diagonally across to the highroad of Pont-d'Ain.