She forced the old woman to show her and her maid the way out through the garden.

This done, they ran down a lane, as I understand, and came immediately upon the lad with the horses, who recognised them and helped them to mount.

They waited some minutes for you, and then rode off.' 'But I inquired at the gate,' I said.
'At which gate ?' inquired M.de Rosny, smiling.
'The North-gate, of course,' I answered.
'Just so,' he rejoined with a nod.

'But they went out through the West-gate and made a circuit.

He is a strange lad, that of yours below there.