It was not until they had left behind the village, where their appearance excited the same curiosity as the evening before, and were going at a gentle trot along the lanes, that M. Vulfran began to talk. Perrine would like to have put off this moment; she was very nervous.
"You told me that M. Theodore and Talouel came into your office?" said the blind man.
"Yes, sir."
"What did they want?"
She hesitated. Her little face wore a very worried look.
"Why do you hesitate?" asked the blind man. "Don't you think that you ought to tell me everything?"
"Yes, indeed," said Perrine, fervently. Was this not the best way to solve her difficulties? She told what had happened when Theodore had come into the office.
"Was that all?" asked M. Vulfran, when she stopped.
"And Talouel?"