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The soldiers will all sleep soundly enough after this march ; besides , they will not , in all probability , be near his quarters , so he will only have to say that he found you were too ill to continue the journey , and had therefore had you carried to a confrere of his . You must be under no fear , Rupert , of any evil consequences to anyone , for no one will ever connect you with the convoy . You will be missed at roll call , but that will go for nothing . When you are absent again at six o'clock , you will be reported as missing . Then it will be supposed that you are hid in the city , and a sharp watch will be set at the gates ; but after a few days it will be supposed that you have either got over the walls , or that you have gone out disguised as a peasant . A prisoner of war more or less makes but little difference , and there will never be any fuss about it . '' Soon after dusk on the evening of the 13th of October , Adele de Pignerolles was sitting alone in a large room in the house of Madame de Soissons .