The trap-door opened, and the smiling face of Bonneville looked down.
"How are you getting on?" said the peasant-woman, ending her sentence.
"All ready to do it over again, if your service requires it," he replied.
She thanked him by a smile.
"Who was it came here just now?" asked Bonneville.
"A peasant named Courtin, who didn't seem to be one of our friends."
"Ah, ha! the mayor of La Logerie?"
"That's the man."
"I know him," continued Bonneville; "Michel told me about him. He is a dangerous man. You ought to have had him followed."
"By whom? There is no one here."