“Very good. What rooms are on the first floor?”
“The kitchen, pantry, billiard-room, and dining-room.”
“And on the floor above?”
“Two drawing-rooms separated by folding doors, and a library.”
“Where do the servants sleep?”
“Raoul has none at present. He is waited on by a man and his wife, who live at Vesinet; they come in the morning, and leave after dinner.”
M. Verduret rubbed his hands gleefully.
“That suits our plans exactly,” he said; “there is nothing to prevent our hearing what Raoul has to say to this person who has come from Paris at ten o’clock at night, to see him. Let us go in.”
Prosper seemed averse to this, and said:
“It is a serious thing for us to do, monsieur.”