"They are in Burgundy, full three hundred miles away." "Philip is right, mother," Francois said eagerly.

"I recognize them now.

They are, beyond doubt, the prince and Admiral Coligny.
"Lower the drawbridge, and open the gates," he called down to the warders.
The countess hastened down the stairs to the courtyard, followed by Francois and Philip, and received her two unexpected visitors as they rode across the drawbridge.
"Madame," Conde said, as he doffed his cap courteously, "we are fugitives, who come to ask for a night's shelter.

I have my wife and children with me, and the Admiral has also his family.

We have ridden across France, from Noyers, by devious roads and with many turnings and windings; have been hunted like rabid beasts, and are sorely in need of rest." "You are welcome, indeed, prince," the countess said.