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`` To the success of our enterprise ! '' said he , grinning at his discomfited companion . `` All goes well . The innkeeper knows the Countess 's maid , and the note will reach the Countess by midday ; I have described Dieppe to him most accurately , and he will hang about till he gets a chance of delivering the second note to him , or seeing it delivered . '' `` And what are we to do ? '' asked Paul , still sour and still thoughtful . `` As regards the Countess , nothing .