"But tell me, at least, where we are going," said the king.
"Come," replied the former of the two men, with a kind of respect in his manner, and leading his prisoner towards a carriage which seemed to be in waiting.
The carriage was completely concealed amid the trees.

Two horses, with their feet fettered, were fastened by a halter to the lower branches of a large oak.
"Get in," said the same man, opening the carriage-door and letting down the step.

The king obeyed, seated himself at the back of the carriage, the padded door of which was shut and locked immediately upon him and his guide.

As for the giant, he cut the fastenings by which the horses were bound, harnessed them himself, and mounted on the box of the carriage, which was unoccupied.

The carriage set off immediately at a quick trot, turned into the road to Paris, and in the forest of Senart found a relay of horses fastened to the trees in the same manner the first horses had been, and without a postilion.