"To a place where your presence only for a few moments will bring about extraordinary results," said Perrine.
"Well, can't you tell me where this mysterious place is?" asked M. Vulfran.
"But if I tell you, your visit will not have the same effect. It will be a failure. It will be a fine evening and warm, and I am sure that you will not take cold. Please say you will go!"
"I think one could have confidence in her," said Mademoiselle Belhomme, "although her request seems a little strange and childish."
"Well," said M. Vulfran, indulgently, "I'll do as you wish, Aurelie. Now at what hour are we to start on this adventure?"
"The later it is the better it will be," said Perrine.
During the evening he spoke several times of the outing they were to have, but Perrine would not explain.
"Do you know, little girl, you have aroused my curiosity?" he said at last.
"I am glad you are interested," she said gravely. "There is so much that can be done in the future. Do not look back to the past any more."
"The future is empty for me," said the blind man bitterly.