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He trusted to the First Consul and to Roland 's friendship for the rest . He therefore returned to Paris to do much of his courting with Madame de Montrevel , not being able to remain at Bourg and carry it on with Amélie . A quarter of an hour after he had left the Château des Noires-Fontaines , Charlotte was also on her way to Bourg . At four o'clock she returned , bringing word that she had seen Sir John with her own eyes getting into his travelling carriage , and that he had taken the road to Mâcon . Amélie could therefore feel perfectly at ease on that score . She breathed freer . She had tried to inspire Morgan with a peace of mind which she herself did not share .