"This time,--how do you mean?"
"Why, to-night, if he watches us, he will find out I have a meeting with Mademoiselle Mary."
"Mordieu! you're right."
"And that makes me very uneasy," said Michel.
"But I shall be on the watch; and if you are followed I'll whistle in time for you to get away."
"And you?"
Courtin laughed.
"Oh! I--I don't risk anything. My opinions are well-known, thank God; and in my capacity as mayor I can have all the dangerous companions I choose."
"Evil is good sometimes," said Michel, laughing in his turn. "But listen, what time is that?"
"Striking nine from the clock at Bouffai."