"I bring news from M. Gaillardet."
"A second writ?"
"No, the copy of a letter which will be in all the newspapers to-morrow."
"Oh! leave us in peace!" said Georges.
"Wait then, till I have read it you."
"My dear Harel, I tell you you are disturbing us greatly."
"I do not think so!" he said.
Indeed, I was still on my knees in front of Georges.
"Listen."
He read—