"Who is that man?" the princess asked the general.
Her question was natural enough, for the préfet came on the scenes without any of the distinguishing marks of his high administrative position.
"Does Madame not guess?" replied Dermoncourt.
The princess looked at the general with a slight smile.
"Can it be the préfet," she said.
"Madame could not have guessed more correctly had she seen his licence."
"Did the man serve under the Restoration?"
"No, Madame."
"I am glad indeed to hear, it, for the sake of the Restoration."
At this moment, M. Maurice Duval re-entered and asked for the duchess's papers. Madame told him to look for them in the hiding-place; they were in a white portfolio which had been left there. The préfet fetched it and brought it to the duchess.