"Thank you; it would anyhow be quieter. Will you tell the coachman where to drive?"
"I will go on the box," Cuthbert said, "of course Dufaure will go with you." He told the Communist what they had decided on.
"That will be best," he agreed; "this is not a quiet quarter at present. What with drumming and drinking, it is not a place for a wounded man."
"You had better go inside with them, and I will go on the box," Cuthbert said, "keep Minette talking, it will prevent her breaking down, it has been a terrible shock for her."
The landlady was heartily glad to see Dampierre back again. Cuthbert and the Communist assisted the wounded man to bed.
"I will see about getting things in at present," Cuthbert said, "so do not worry over that, Minette; if everything goes well he will be about again in a few days, but keep him quiet as long as you can, I will come in to-morrow and see how he is getting on."
After going round to a restaurant and ordering meals to be sent in regularly, with some bottles of wine for Martin Dufaure's benefit, Cuthbert returned to Passy.
CHAPTER XXIV.
Mary was greatly shocked upon hearing the tragic circumstances that had occurred at the wedding.