"When the gates are first opened, and the work-people go to and fro at their work, that is the safest hour.

And you must be at St.Germain as soon as may be, or the farmer may not have a sufficiency of horses available at a moment's notice.

I want you to be spokesman with Achard, so that Hastings' British accent should not betray you both.

Also you might not get a conveyance for St.Germain immediately.

We must think of every eventuality, Armand.