“To be sure.”

“Well, I did think so.”

“You know she is a D’Angerolles. They say that murder was in the family.”

“Born in the blood, I suppose.”

Mon Dieu! yes.”

“Do the papers say so?”

“Yes, and the books, too. I have read them myself.”

“Holy Virgin!”

Rosalie was overpowered by this idea, and Monsieur Bérard, though rather disgusted by Léocadia’s manner, nevertheless made a note of it.

“That is no proof, however, that she is guilty.”