just given the place of chief huntsman."

"But, to-night?"

"Ah! To-night, I have a rendezvous in a mysterious house of the
Faubourg St. Antoine."

"Ah! ah!" said D'Epernon, "is the Queen Margot here, incognito,
M. de Bussy?"

"No, it is some one else."

"Who expects you in the Faubourg St. Antoine?"

"Just so, indeed I will ask your advice, M. de Quelus."

"Do so, although I am not a lawyer, I give very good advice."

"They say the streets of Paris are unsafe, and that is a lonely
place. Which way do you counsel me to take?"

"Why, I advise you to take the ferry-boat at the Pre-aux-Clercs,
get out at the corner, and follow the quay until you arrive at
the great Chatelet, and then go through the Rue de la Tixanderie,
until you reach the faubourg. Once at the corner of the Rue St.
Antoine, if you pass the Hotel des Tournelles without accident,
it is probable you will arrive safe and sound at your mysterious
house."

"Thanks for your route, M. de Quelus, I shall be sure to follow