I will sally out and see what it is." Placing his pistols in his belt and taking his sword, he wrapped himself in his cloak and, followed by Pierre, also armed, went down into the street.

As he went along he overtook two men.

As he passed under a lamp, one of them exclaimed: "Is that you, Monsieur Fletcher ?" He turned.

It was the Sieur de Pascal.
"It is I, Monsieur de Pascal.

I was going out to learn the meaning of those lights over there." "That is just what I am doing, myself.