“And you saw?”

“A man spying all about and who at last stopped at her door.”

“Was he alone?”

“Yes, at first. Afterwards he was joined by another, with a lantern in his hand.”

“Ah!”

“Then they began to talk together, and at last, tired of waiting, I went away. And before I venture into the house where I might be killed——”

“You would like one of your friends to try it.”

“They would not have my enemies, nor run the same risk; and then they might report to me——”

“In your place I would give up this woman.”

“No, she is too beautiful.”