"But you said 'the queen.'"
"The force of old habit."
"You say, then, it may be found under the register-office?" demanded Richard.
"Not only under the register-office, but I will tell you also in what part of the office you will discover it,—under the stove."
"That is curious," said Gracchus, "for I have noticed that every time I dropped a log in that place the stone sounded hollow."
"In short, if we find your statement correct, Citizen Architect, I shall pronounce geometry a fine thing."
"Then declare it, Citizen Santerre, for I am now going to conduct you to the place indicated by the letter A."
The Citizen Théodore sank his nails into his flesh.
"When I have seen it," said Santerre,—"when I have seen it! I rather resemble Saint Thomas."