The baroness addressed this note to—
Madame la Vicomtesse de Mirecourt.
Then, calling her maid, and handing her the missive, she said:
"While we are at table you must take this to Madame de Mirecourt. You will take a box with you when you go out, as if you were going on an errand."
Almost at the same moment the baron was affixing his signature to the following note:
"M. de la Rochaiguë begs that M. le Baron de Ravil will see him to-morrow at his house between one and two o'clock in the afternoon. The matter is urgent.
"M. de la Rochaiguë counts upon seeing M. de Ravil at the time and place named, and assures him of his most distinguished consideration."
The baron addressed this note to—
M. le Baron de Ravil,
No. 7 Rue Godot-de-Mauroy.
Then he said to his valet: