"Have you seen her to-day?"
"No, Monsieur Michel; I only know that she was to go to the château to-day with Monsieur le marquis; but I've been at Nantes myself."
"At Nantes!" cried the young man, "were you at Nantes this morning?"
"Yes."
"What time were you there?"
"It was striking nine as we crossed the pont Rousseau."
"You say we?"
"Yes, of course."
"Then you were not alone?"
"Why, no! I went there to accompany Mademoiselle Mary; it was sending to the château for me that delayed her journey."