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`` That 's true , '' replied Montbar . `` The difficulty is foreseen , my children , '' said the courier ; `` a messenger has been sent to Troyes . You will leave your post-chaise at Delbauce ; there you will find four horses all saddled and stuffed with oats . You will then calculate your time , and the day after to-morrow , or rather to-morrow , for it is past midnight , between seven and eight in the morning , the money of Messires Bruin will pass an anxious quarter of an hour . '' `` Shall we change our clothes ? '' inquired d'Assas . `` What for ? ''