"Of that you may be very sure.

The affairs of the province are at a standstill," he added, that vanity of his for appearing a man of infinite business rising even in an hour of such anxiety, for to himself, no less than to her, was there danger should Rabecque ever reach his destination with the papers Garnache had said he carried.
"The affairs of the province are at a standstill," he repeated, "while all my energies are bent upon this quest.

Should we fail to have news of his capture in Dauphiny, we need not, nevertheless, despond.

I have sent men after him along the three roads that lead to Paris.

They are to spare neither money nor horses in picking up his trail and effecting his capture.