He is faithful and brave, and will manage to reach me, whatever comes of it." A few minutes later they were beyond the gardens.

The four litters stood ready.

The queen and princess and the two ladies took their seats in them, and the three bundles of valuables were also placed inside.
"I shall love you--I shall love you until death," Amenche sobbed out, and then the procession moved away, leaving Roger standing by himself.
Skirting the outside wall of the garden, he made his way to the shore of the lake.

He found the boatmen asleep in their canoe.

As soon as he aroused them, they seized their paddles and, on his taking his seat, pushed off.
"There is no occasion for speed," he said.