“His excellency desires me to tell you,” said Beausire, “that he is sorry that people like MM. Bœhmer and Bossange, jewelers to the queen, should not know better how to distinguish an ambassador from a rogue, and that he will return to his hotel.”
The jewelers began to utter most respectful protestations, but Manoël walked on, and Beausire followed him.
“To the ambassador’s hotel, Rue de la Jussienne,” said Beausire to the footman.
“A lost business,” groaned the valet, as they set off.
“On the contrary, a safe one; in an hour these men will follow us.”
CHAPTER XXVIII.
THE AMBASSADOR’S HOTEL.
On returning to their hotel, these gentlemen found Ducorneau dining quietly in his bureau. Beausire desired him, when he had finished, to go up and see the ambassador, and added:
“You will see, my dear chancellor, that M. de Souza is not an ordinary man.”
“I see that already.”
“His excellency,” continued Beausire, “wishes to take a distinguished position in Paris, and this residence will be insupportable to him. He will require a private house.”