“You are going to do something, are you not, my little Phillis?”
“I am going to find Doctor Saniel.”
“He is a doctor, not a lawyer.”
“It is exactly as a doctor that he can save Florentin. He knows that Caffie was killed without a struggle between him and the assassin; consequently without the wrenching off of a button. He will say it and prove it to the judge, and Florentin’s innocence is evident. I am going to see him.”
“I beg of you, do not leave me alone too long.”
“I will come back immediately.”
Phillis ran from the Batignolles to the Rue Louis-le-Grand. In answer to her ring, Joseph, who had returned to his place in the anteroom, opened the door, and as Saniel was alone, she went immediately to his office.
“What is the matter?” he asked, on seeing her agitation.
“My brother is arrested.”
“Ah! The poor boy!”