"The Eagle of the Fifth-regiment-of-the-Line."
"Why here?"
"It is a long story. I brought it back, having fished it out of the river Aube, where it had lain since that day——"
"When I thought you killed," said the young woman, her hand pressed to her heart.
"And were you sorry?"
"Sorry? I—— But go on."
"I showed it to the officers of the regiment tonight at Major Lestoype's quarters. We were discovered. The matter was reported to your uncle. Rather than give up the Eagle I said that I would hide it."
"And why here?"
"Because being as I thought the quarters of the Commanding-Officer it would be the last place in Grenoble where it would be sought."
"And where did you hide it?"