“You are aware that they are on bad terms?”
“Oh!”
“They have had great difficulties between them?”
“Something unpleasant has happened, I know; but it was not much. As they do not visit each other, they cannot well hate each other. Besides, I have heard master say a hundred times, that he looked upon Count Claudieuse as one of the best and most honorable men; that he respected him highly, and”—
For a minute or so M. Galpin kept silent, thinking whether he had forgotten any thing. Then he asked suddenly,—
“How far is it from here to Valpinson?”
“Three miles, sir,” replied Anthony.
“If you were going there, what road would you take?”
“The high road which passes Brechy.”
“You would not go across the marsh?”