"Very well; but mind, Saturday."
"Saturday," repeated Brévannes as he walked away. M. de Morville had attentively listened to this conversation, and had not the smallest doubt in his mind but that the sight of Brévannes had occasioned the princess's alarm.
He recollected that during the interview he had just had with Madame de Hansfeld she had alluded to M. de Brévannes as one of the two persons who possessed the secret, whose disclosure she so much dreaded.
What circumstances could have brought M. de Brévannes and Madame de Hansfeld together?
Where had he known her? What was the secret which he possessed?
Was the cool raillery of Madame de Hansfeld at the termination of their conversation real or assumed?
These were the questions which passed through De Morville's mind as he returned sorrowfully home.
CHAPTER VI
[M. DE BRÉVANNES]
A few words are now necessary with respect to M. de Brévannes, an important actor in this history.