"You acted very wisely. But our carriage?" "I certainly shall not go after it." "Nor I. But what about our landlord at Grenoble, who owns it?" "He has our post chaise to pay for it." "But what are we to travel with hereafter?" "With our legs, I fancy. Indeed, when one hasn't a sou to pay for horses, there's no use in having a post chaise." "What's that, monsieur le baron? you haven't any money?" "No, my dear Ménard; I lost all that I possessed, this evening. That Turk's presence confused me; I didn't know what I was doing, and I played like a fool." "That was well done! Luckily, my pupil, Monsieur Frédéric de Montreville, has the money for our journey, and the only thing for us to do is to go and find him." "How can we possibly rely on Frédéric's having any money. He has just made a new acquaintance, and new acquaintances, Monsieur Ménard, are always very expensive; we play the open-handed lover, we deny our charmer nothing. I am sure that that girl is making him spend money like water! At his age, a young man doesn't know the value of money, and has no idea of economy." "But, monsieur le baron, I don't quite see how they could spend much money, living in the woods." "You don't see? well, I do! It's first one thing, then another--no end to the whims. You don't suppose that they have stayed in their little cabin this whole month, do you? I can safely tell you, now, that Frédéric proposed to hire an apartment for the girl." "But, monsieur le baron, did you not point out to him----" "He's old enough to do as he pleases. However, don't get excited; I'll see him. I'll go alone first, so as not to anger him, and, if he is willing to listen to me, I'll bring him back. But, meanwhile, we must live. How much money have you?" "About thirty francs." "That isn't much; but if we are economical, it will last us some time; we shall have to live very sparingly; but that will do us good. These big dinners overheat our blood; it's very unhealthy to eat five or six rich dishes and drink several kinds of wine every day." "Still, monsieur le baron, I am inclined to think that we were both getting fat at Monsieur Chambertin's." "True; but that would have turned out badly for us; simple fare will check this tendency to corpulence. The pleasures of Capua enervated the Carthaginians; and Monsieur Chambertin's table would probably have produced the same effect on us, and I should have been distressed. I really must resume my incognito." "Ah! I agree with you this time, monsieur le baron; for if those Turks should find you----" "That's the reason why I think it wouldn't be prudent to return to Grenoble, where I might be arrested--I should say, kidnapped by those cutthroats. Besides, having no money, we should be ill received by our host, who would claim, I dare swear, that his carriage is worth more than ours. We will avoid passing through the town, and with your thirty francs we will take lodgings in some little village."