Not once did the commissary interrupt him; but, when he had done,
“Tell me your father’s interview with M. de Thaller all over again,” he requested, “and, especially, do not omit any thing that you have heard or seen, not a word, not a gesture, not a look.”
And, Maxence having complied,
“Now,” said the commissary, “repeat every thing your father said at the moment of going.”
He did so. The commissary took a few notes, and then,
“What were,” he inquired, “the relations of your family with the Thaller family?”
“There were none.”
“What! Neither Mme. nor Mlle. de Thaller ever visited you?”
“Never.”
“Do you know the Marquis de Tregars?”