“Perhaps.”
“That would be curious.”
“Or else his measures are so well taken that he has absolutely nothing to fear. If Favoral takes everything upon himself, what can they say to the other? If they have acted in collusion, the thing has been prepared for a long time; and, before commencing to fish, they must have troubled the water so well, that justice will be unable to see anything in it.”
“And you see no one who could help us?”
“Favoral—”
To Maxence’s great surprise, M. de Tregars shrugged his shoulders.
“That one is gone,” he said; “and, were he at hand, it is quite evident that if he was in collusion with M. de Thaller, he would not speak.”
“Of course.”
“That being the case, what can we do?”
“Wait.”