Now, as I need a helper for this last stroke, I must go back to Mignonnet's and make an arrangement with my friend Carpentier." Shaking hands with Monsieur Hochon, Philippe went off down the Petite-Narette to Mignonnet's house.

Ten minutes later, Monsieur Hochon saw Max ride off at a quick trot; and the old miser's curiosity was so powerfully excited that he remained standing at his window, eagerly expecting to hear the wheels of the old demi-fortune, which was not long in coming.

Jean-Jacques's impatience made him follow Max within twenty minutes.

Kouski, no doubt under orders from his master, walked the horse through the town.
"If they get to Paris, all is lost," thought Monsieur Hochon.
At this moment, a lad from the faubourg de Rome came to the Hochon house with a letter for Baruch.

The two grandsons, much subdued by the events of the morning, had kept their rooms of their own accord during the day.
Thinking over their prospects, they saw plainly that they had better be cautious with their grandparents.