“He was with us—with mamma.”
“You see, then, you need not feel alarmed.”
CHAPTER XVIII. A GRAVE DISCUSSION
Phillis hurried to return to the Rue des Moines, to share with her mother and brother the confidence that Saniel caused her to feel.
She pulled the bell with a trembling hand, for the time was past when in this quiet house, where all the lodgers knew each other, the key was left in the door, and one had only to knock before entering. Since the newspapers had spoken of the button, all was changed; the feeling of liberty and security had disappeared; the door was always closed, and when the bell rang they looked at each other in fear and with trembling.
When Florentin opened the door, the table was set for dinner.
“I was afraid something had happened to you,” Madame Cormier said.
“I was detained.”
She took off her hat and cloak hastily.