“How can we get out of that?”
“I told you,” replied M. Folgat, “we must find some plausible explanation.”
“I am sure I am incapable of that.”
The young lawyer seemed to reflect a moment, and then he said,—
“You have been a prisoner while I have been free. For a month now I have thought this matter over.”
“Ah!”
“Where was your wedding to be?”
“At my house at Boiscoran.”
“Where was the religious ceremony to take place?”
“At the church at Brechy.”