He would go back to the Hotel de l'Europe, and stay there until day.

Lannes would surely come in the morning.

He had no doubt that at daybreak he would see the lithe and sinuous figure of the _Arrow_ shooting down from the blue depths, and then he and her brother would go away in search of Julie.

Looking down from the air and traveling at almost unbelievable speed, their chances of finding Auersperg's party would be a hundred times better than if he merely prowled along on the ground.
The thought was a happy one to him, and again there was a great uprising of youth and hope.

But the hosts of the air were already at work to defeat his plan.