All he had to do to make his escape good was to plant one foot on a stone which is placed at the corner of the chateau, another on this support, one hand on the cornice of the keeper's door and the other on the terrace, and Larsan was clear of the ground.

The rest was easy.

His acting after dinner as if he had been drugged was make believe.

He was not drugged; but he did drug me.

Of course he had to make it appear as if he also had been drugged so that no suspicion should fall on him for my condition.