Philip took clothes with him, in his saddlebags, of gayer colours than those worn by the Huguenots; and as soon as they were beyond the district where the Protestants were in the ascendant, he put these on instead of those in which he had started.

They rode fast and, on the fifth day after leaving La Rochelle, they entered Versailles.

No questions had been asked them by the way, and they rode into the courtyard of the principal inn, and there stabled their horses.
"Your animals look as if they needed rest, sir," the landlord said, as they dismounted.
"Yes, we have come from the south, and have pressed them too much.
I have business in Paris which will occupy me for a few days; therefore I will leave them here, for a rest.

I suppose you can furnish me with two horses, to take me as far as Saint Cloud, and a man to bring them back again." "Certainly I can, sir, and your horses shall be well looked after, here." "Then we will go on, the first thing in the morning.

Have the horses ready by that time." The next morning they rode to Saint Cloud, dismounted there, and handed over the horses to the man who had ridden behind them.