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After some delay you will go out and instruct him to call in the morning . '' `` Yes , '' said I , still wondering . `` Monsieur will go out , but he will not return , and when his friends hurry to the stable they will find only two horses which can not run a mile . Now I must slip away without being seen , and I trust you will remember not to start before ten o'clock . '' After waiting a few minutes in order to let him get clear , I strolled into the common room , and sat a while talking with the people on the state of the country . Rather to my surprise very few of them spoke in favour of Condé , the majority exclaiming against him as a traitor , and saying he ought to be executed . `` He is a fine general , though , '' remarked the inn-keeper ; `` I fought under him at Rocroi . ''