Two other men descended after Danglars forming the rearguard, and pushing Danglars whenever he happened to stop, they came by a gentle declivity to the intersection of two corridors.
Next came the musicians and a rearguard of capering fakirs, whose cries sometimes drowned the noise of the instruments these closed the procession.
The others followed, with Baetan taking up his customary position as rearguard, a dozen paces behind Melcorka.
