"Jeem! Where?"
"To Nice. I've got to see your friend de Vautrin, at once."
"Ah—de Vautrin!"
She walked along with him for a moment in silence.
"Where is your 'at, mon ami?"
He ran his fingers through his hair, aware for the first time of his loss.
"I left it——"
"In the Rue de Tavennes?"
"Yes."
"Ah, you mus' tell me. Come to de Boulevard Clichy. It is safer."