Do you know the intendant of the Countess Preskoff at-- ?" "Do I know him ?" the soldier repeated.

"Why, I belong to the next village.

I have seen him hundreds of times.

And the countess, do you know the countess ?" "Certainly we do," Jack said.

"We have been living for six weeks in her chateau, it is she who has written to the intendant to aid us." "You will be welcome everywhere for her sake.