"You remember, do you not, that on the afternoon of that memorable day, M. Cloarek, who had left for Havre without our knowing it, sent a message to his daughter from that city telling her that she must not be anxious about him, as some business matters might detain him until late that night? You recollect that, do you not?"
"Yes."
"You remember, too, the fright we had the very evening of M. Cloarek's arrival?"
"Yes, about those two men Thérèse thought she saw."
"The poor girl saw them only too plainly, as subsequent events have proved, for two men, as we afterward learned, did effect an entrance into the garden, not to break into the house, but to reconnoitre."
"The two men belonged to this armed band, then, I suppose."
"One of them was the leader of it."
Just then the nurse reëntered the room and motioned to Suzanne that she wished to speak to her.
"What is it?" inquired Suzanne, in a low tone.
"M. Segoffin has come."