“I! arrested?”
“Assuredly. The twelve gentlemen who wait for you are sent by M. de Crosne.”
Oliva trembled. Some people are always fearful on certain points. But she said:
“I have done nothing; why should they arrest me?”
“For some intrigue, perhaps.”
“I have none.”
“But you have had.”
“Oh, perhaps.”
“Well, perhaps they are wrong to wish to arrest you, but the fact is that they do desire to do so. Will you still go home?”
“You deceive me,” said Oliva; “if you know anything, tell me at once. Is it not Beausire they want?”