The others were gone at Charlot's bidding--a bidding, couched in words that went to confirm La Boulaye's suspicions.
"You will get back to your posts at once," he had said.

"Because we have made one rich capture is no reason why you should neglect the opportunities of making others no less rich.

You, Moulinet, with twenty men, shall patrol the road to Charleroi, and get as near France as possible.

You Boligny, station yourself in the neighbourhood of Conde, with ten men, and guard the road from Valenciennes.

You, Aigreville, spread your twenty men from Conde to Tournay, and watch the frontiers closely.