“Oh, it is very easy to recognize! It is half-way between Ars and the woods of Bossicant, and is named the Villa de la Cavée. Impossible to make a mistake, for it stands all alone.”
“To-morrow morning I will take up my post at the door.”
“That is my business. You will see how it is possible to keep a watch over people without appearing to do so.”
“But there is no house for more than half a mile around.”
“That will make no difference. How does the lady live?”
“Very quietly. She never leaves the house, except to take a walk in the wood. Until lately, alone, or with her brother, but now with my master.”
“Then he is bitten?”
“Very badly.”
“Good!”