"Your mother, no doubt, will insist upon repairing thither, and I will see that the road is left open for her escape.

At Soignies you, Suzanne, can hire yourself a berline, that will take you back to France." "Back to France ?" she echoed.
"Yes, back to France.

That is the unlikeliest road on which to think of pursuing you, and thus you will baffle Charlot.

Let your mother proceed on her journey to Prussia, but tell her to avoid Charleroi, and to go round by Liege.

Thus only can she hope to escape Tardivet's men that are patrolling the road from France.