He put his horse to the trot, and rode sharply on in the direction pointed out by the king.

But he had scarcely gone five hundred paces when he saw four mules and then a carriage, loom up from behind a little hill.

Behind this carriage came another.

It required only one glance to assure him that these were the equipages he was in search of; he therefore turned his bridle, and rode back to the king.
"Sire," said he, "here are the carriages.

The first, as you said, contains two ladies with their femmes de chambre; the second contains the footmen, provisions, and necessaries." "That is well," replied the king in an agitated voice.