"Call the woman Tison," said he to one of the National Guard.
Five minutes afterward Tison's wife arrived in high spirits.
"I have seen my daughter," said she.
"Where was that?" demanded Maurice.
"Here, of course, in this antechamber."
"Well; and did not your daughter ask to see the Austrian?"
"No."
"Did she not enter her room?"
"No."
"And during the time you were conversing with your daughter, did no one come out of the prisoners' chamber?"