I saw at least some fifty drawn up in the courtyard below here yesterday morning." "I had them, monsieur," the Seneschal made haste to cry, his hands upheld, his body leaning forward over his table.

"I had them.

But, unfortunately, certain disturbances in the neighbourhood of Montelimar have forced me to part with them.

They were on the point of setting out when you saw them." Garnache looked at him a moment without speaking.

Then, sharply: "They must be recalled, monsieur," said he.
And now the Seneschal took refuge in a fine pretence of indignation.
"Recalled ?" he cried, and besides indignation there was some horror in his voice.