She was silent. He put another question.
“Other letters must have passed; have you seen any of them?”
“No.”
“Nothing, madame, from Monsieur de Cadanet?”
“Since my husband’s death, nothing.”
“Was anything paid before Monsieur Léon’s marriage?”
“Five hundred francs.”
M. Bourget had a perfect recollection of this sum having been mentioned by Léon; he only put the question to see how the accounts agreed.
“Is there, perhaps, a receipt for this?”
“No,” returned Mme. de Beaudrillart. “I was vexed that Léon did not demand it, but he assured me it was impossible.”