"Where is Major Grafton?" asked Ben.
The other smiled craftily.
"He is gone, M. Philippe."
"Gone! and without me?"
"You are to live with me, my son."
"I don't understand you. What sort of a place is this?"
"It is a maison de fous."
Ben was horror-struck. He knew now that he was in a lunatic asylum. He could guess why he was placed there.