“Yes, Colonel. You had better hurry, sir, if you wish to find him in.”
“What! He is going out?”
“I heard him say that he was going to the Chamber.”
“You had something to ask him, Baudoin?”
“No, Colonel. I wished simply to speak to him of the affair of General Trémont.”
“In what respect?”
“The magistrate makes no progress, and seems to me as though about to abandon the matter altogether.”
“You told this to the Minister?”
“Yes, not five minutes ago.”
“And how did he receive the communication?”