I rode them to a village, six miles away; and put them up at a small inn there, and left them in the landlord's charge.

I did not forget to tell the stable boy that he should have a crown for himself if, on my return, I found the horses in as good condition as I left them.
"Then I walked back to Paris, and found a crowd of people unable to enter, and learned that the gates had been closed by the king's order.

I went off to Saint Denis, and there bought a long rope and an iron hook; and at two in the morning, when I thought that any sentries there might be on the walls would be drowsy, came back again to Paris, threw up my hook, and climbed into one of the bastions near the hut we had marked.

There I slept until the morning, and now you see me.
"I have taken out the horses so that, should you be obliged to fly, there would be means of escape.

One charger will suffice for your wants here, and to ride away upon if you go out with the Huguenot company, whether peacefully or by force of arms.