D'Artagnan took charge of it.

Ten minutes afterward Planchet joined him at the stables of the Hotel des Gardes.

D'Artagnan, in order that there might be no time lost, had saddled his horse himself.
"That's well," said he to Planchet, when the latter added the portmanteau to the equipment.

"Now saddle the other three horses." "Do you think, then, monsieur, that we shall travel faster with two horses apiece ?" said Planchet, with his shrewd air.
"No, Monsieur Jester," replied d'Artagnan; "but with our four horses we may bring back our three friends, if we should have the good fortune to find them living." "Which is a great chance," replied Planchet, "but we must not despair of the mercy of God." "Amen!" said d'Artagnan, getting into his saddle.
As they went from the Hotel des Gardes, they separated, leaving the street at opposite ends, one having to quit Paris by the Barriere de la Villette and the other by the Barriere Montmartre, to meet again beyond St.Denis--a strategic maneuver which, having been executed with equal punctuality, was crowned with the most fortunate results.

D'Artagnan and Planchet entered Pierrefitte together.
Planchet was more courageous, it must be admitted, by day than by night.
His natural prudence, however, never forsook him for a single instant.
He had forgotten not one of the incidents of the first journey, and he looked upon everybody he met on the road as an enemy.