"This is really most extraordinary!" declared M. Perissard. "I should have thought with all your means of getting information——"
"I have never heard from her or of her since the day she disappeared!"
"Never?" insisted the other, wonderingly.
"Never! I thought she was dead!"
"Extraordinary! Isn't it?" M. Perissard appealed to his partner.
"Most extraordinary!" was the prompt response.
Floriot was fairly dancing with excitement and impatience.
"You know where she is and where I can see her?" he demanded.
"Indeed, I do!" declared M. Perissard.
"Tell me, man! Tell me!" he cried.