You had better go to a smith's and get him to make a strong iron hook, by which we can fix the rope on to the edge of a wall should it be needed.

You had better have it made a good nine inches across the hook, and the shank fifteen inches long." After again studying the map he took it to the general.
"We have our disguises, sir, and shall be ready to start tomorrow morning." "You have lost no time," the general said approvingly.

"You will, of course, ride to Chivasso.

I will give you an order to the governor there, to take charge of your horses and clothes, telling him that you are about to proceed on a mission in disguise, and requesting him to send an officer to pass you through the outposts beyond the bridge across the Po, that is if the other side is not guarded by the Spanish troops.

I should advise you to make straight south so as to strike the road from Casale two miles west of Turin.