I looked blankly at the Vicomte.
"Son? What young son?" I asked.
The Vicomte stopped, with a gesture of surprise.
"Ah! Sapristi! You do not know?" he exclaimed. "You do not know that Babette Deslys is Le Bour's daughter? That the Baron's son ran away with her and a hundred thousand francs? That the hundred thousand francs belonged to Le Bour? Sapristi! You did not know that?"
