"If he should wish to make use of this letter," said Iris, after she had signed it, "he will be the dupe of his own infamy."
"When will you give him this note?"
"Instantly; he is waiting your answer at the little gate by the Quai d'Anjou."
"Go, and return as speedily as possible."
"I have a great deal to tell you, what I have just learnt."
"What is it?"
"During the last week the prince has been four times to an old man's house, named Pierre Raimond, who lives close by."
"And what of that?"
"Why, Pierre Raimond is father to Bertha de Brévannes, whom you thought so pretty."
"What do you say?"