It was brief and to the point.
The rendezvous is at six o'clock tomorrow morning, in front of La Louvre.
(Signed) Berwick.
All were glad that the summons had come.

They had discussed the future from every point of view, and were already growing impatient, short as their stay had been in Paris.
Five minutes before the hour, they were at the rendezvous.

As the clock struck, the duke rode up with two officers and an escort of six troopers.

He looked at their accoutrements and horses, and nodded his head approvingly.
"You will do very well," he said.

"I can tell you that the gloss of your uniforms will not last long, in Flanders." The other officers were Captain Fromart, who acted as the duke's secretary, and Lieutenant d'Eyncourt.