“Because I thought he would be hurt if I returned it without letting him know.”
“But how did you get a receipt from the jewelers?”
“M. de Rohan gave it to me.”
“But why did you take a letter to them as coming from me?”
“Because he gave it to me, and asked me to do so.”
“It is, then, all his doing?”
“What is, madame?”
“The receipt and the letter are both forged.”
“Forged, madame!” cried Jeanne, with much apparent astonishment.
“Well, you must be confronted with him to prove the truth.”