Your servant, Marnier." "No, not Marnier, nor any man.Listen.It is necessary that when once her Highness is rescued we must get so much start as will make pursuit vain.

We shall be hampered with a coach, and a coach will travel slowly on the passes of Tyrol.

The pursuers will ride horses; they must not come up with us.

From Innspruck to Italy, if we have never an accident, will take us at the least four days; it will take our pursuers three.

We must have one clear day before her Highness's evasion is discovered.
Now, the chief magistrate of Innspruck visits her Highness's apartments twice a day,--at ten in the morning and at ten of the night.