At the title of “marquis,” everybody looked up. “I believe you, indeed,” said M. de Tregars. “But what I want to know is, how is the matter progressing?”
“The plot is thickening. Justice is acting.”
“Indeed!”
“It is a fact. Jules Jottras, of the house of Jottras and Brother, was arrested this morning, just as he arrived at the bourse.”
“Why?”
“Because, it seems, he was an accomplice of Favoral; and it was he who sold the bonds stolen from the Mutual Credit.”
Maxence had started at the mention of his father’s name but, with a significant glance, M. de Tregars bid him remain silent, and, in a sarcastic tone,
“Famous capture!” he murmured. “And which proves the clear-sightedness of justice.”
“But this is not all,” resumed M. Costeclar. “Saint Pavin, the editor of ‘The Financial Pilot,’ you know, is thought to be seriously compromised. There was a rumor, at the close of the market, that a warrant either had been, or was about to be, issued against him.”
“And the Baron de Thaller?”