"Remain here ?" "You will cross the road and proceed in the direction of the firing.
Find out, if you can, how the battle goes, what troops are there, what Marshal Macdonald is doing, and at nightfall retrace your steps and hasten back to Sezanne." "Where shall I meet you ?" "Let me think," answered Marteau.

"I shall first go east and then west, if I can get around that division ahead yonder.

Let us take the road to d'Aumenier.

I will meet you at the old chateau at ten o'clock, or not later than midnight.

There is a by-road over the marsh and through the forest by the bank of the river to Sezanne." "I know it." "Very well, then.