"Oh! pray try to go as far as the Gave," said she.

"I shall then see everything from a distance; I don't want to go near." M.de Guersaint, who was equally inquisitive, seconded this proposal.
"Don't be uneasy," he said to Pierre.

"I am here behind, and will take care to let nobody jostle her." Pierre had to begin pulling the little vehicle again.

It took him a quarter of an hour to pass under one of the arches of the inclined way on the left hand, so great was the crush of pilgrims at that point.

Then, taking a somewhat oblique course, he ended by reaching the quay beside the Gave, where there were only some spectators standing on the sidewalk, so that he was able to advance another fifty yards.