Forward, hoop-la!" And he started his horses, and cracked his whip with that noisy eloquence which says to neighbors and passers-by: "'Ware here, 'ware there! I am driving a man who pays well and who has the right to run over others." Once in the carriage the pretended Marquis of Ribier opened the window, lowered the blinds, raised the seat, put his valise in the hollow, sat down on it, wrapped himself in his cloak, and, certain of not being disturbed till he reached Valence, slept as he had breakfasted, that is to say, with all the appetite of youth.
They went from Orange to Valence in eight hours.

Our traveller awakened shortly before entering the city.

Raising one of the blinds cautiously, he recognized the little suburb of Paillasse.

It was dark, so he struck his repeater and found it was eleven at night.

Thinking it useless to go to sleep again, he added up the cost of the relays to Lyons and counted out the money.