“Of course I do; but what care I whether I live or die, now that Aimee is forever lost to me?” replied Jacquet.

“Are you sure she eloped with Dick Kidd?”

“Positive.”

“You did not see them leave together?”

“No; but she left behind a cruel letter, saying that Kidd was the partner of their flight, and that they were to be married upon arriving in this country.”

“Have you the letter?”

“Monsieur, I tore it into a thousand pieces,” replied Pierre. “You know of the existence of this scoundrel, Kidd?”

“Yes.”

“Can you tell me whether he is in this city?” asked Jacquet.

“Cook declares the man is not in New York,” answered Burt.