"Oh! I thank you, mademoiselle."
"You need not thank me, for I did not know it myself."
"But now that you do know it--"
Michel hesitated.
"Well, what?"
"You must not tell him, Mademoiselle Mary," said Michel, ashamed of his weakness.
"Upon my word, Monsieur Michel," replied Mary, "you must allow me to say one thing."
"Say it, mademoiselle; say it!"
"Well, it seems to me if I were a man Maître Loriot should not disturb me under any circumstances."
Michel seemed to gather all his strength in order to take a resolution.