SHE SEIZED JEAN BY THE ARM[ToList]
"Look out!" exclaimed Mlle. Fouchette, impatiently, and up went his foot against the neat little boot, and the other six passed merrily beneath.
When he had finished the figure there were three agents, who whispered together earnestly; but they made no effort to molest him. His alibi stood.
Nevertheless the police agents openly followed the couple as they walked down the Rue St. Jacques. He saw there was no attempt at concealment.
"How, then, monsieur!" cried the girl, banteringly; "still thinking of Madeleine?"
Jean shivered. Poor Madeleine!
"What a fool a girl is to run after a man who doesn't care for her!"
"And when a man runs after a girl who doesn't care for him?" he asked, half seriously.