What do you think ?" "It promises well," the trader agreed.
"Do you know what part of Gascony these men come from, Pierre ?" "They come from near Dax." "That matters little," Philip said, "seeing that it is only to the south of Guyenne that we are bound.

Still, they will probably have traversed the province often; and in any case there should be no trouble in finding our way, seeing that Agen lies on the Garonne, and we shall only have to keep near the river, all the way from the point where we are landed.

Our great difficulty will be in crossing the Dordogne, the Dronne, and the Lot, all of which we are likely to find guarded." "If you can manage to cross the Garonne here, near Langon," the merchant said, placing his finger on the map, "you would avoid the two last rivers and, by keeping west of Bazas, you would be able to reach Nerac without difficulty.

You have to cross somewhere, and it might be as easy there as at Agen." "That is so," Philip agreed.

"At any rate, we will try there first.
"I don't know which of the men I had best take with me.