"I put in five wallets."
"Yes. He took them all."
"It is curious they should have fallen on us just by that broken bridge."
"They were lying in wait for us, of course."
"Knowing that we had the money, do you think?" asked the Comte.
"Of course," replied Crystal with still that note of bitter resentment in her voice.
"But who, besides ourselves and the préfet? . . ." began the Comte, who clearly was very puzzled.
"Victor de Marmont for one . . ." retorted the girl.
"Surely you don't suppose that he would play the rôle of a highwayman and . . ."
"No, I don't," she broke in somewhat impatiently, "he wouldn't have the pluck for one thing, and moreover the masked man was considerably taller than Victor."