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ithout saying where he was bound for. Until I told him, the man didn't know that the name of this town was La Fl?che."
"And what else did he tell you?"
"That's all. He was only grumbling about having to come away so unexpectedly, and being so in the dark about his master's plans."
"You're sure he didn't say what caused his master to change his mind and start at once?"
"He said nothing more, Monsieur."
"Did he mention his master's name?"
"No, we didn't get as far as that. It was only his desire to complain to somebody, that made him speak to me; and I was too busy with the horses to say much in reply."
"Then you didn't give my name--to him or any one else here?"
"Not to a soul, Monsieur."
"That's fortunate. Well, we must be attending to our business. I will pay the landlord, and give him some reason for riding on. While you are getting the animals ready, I will try to sound this valet a little deeper. Come."
Without another look behind, we hastened back to the inn.
"It's a fine evening," said I to the landlord, "and that gentleman I saw here awhile ago has given me the notion of riding on while the air is cool." I spoke as steadily as I could, and I suppose if the landlord detected any want of ease he put it down to the embarrassment of announcing a change of mind. In any case, he was not slow to compute the reckoning, nor I to pay it. Then, after seeing my bag and cloak brought down, I went in search of the young gentleman's valet. I found him in the kitchen, half way through a bottle of wine.
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