"I am glad I did not leave the poor woman go; she spoke so funny, I thought at once that she had run away from her family."
"What did she say?" asked Caillette, while the "Burned Woman" clung to her.
"Oh, she asked for bread, and then inquired the way to the Vosges."
"Yes, to the Vosges," said the maniac, hastily.
"But, mother, what should we do in the Vosges?" asked Caillette, in surprise.
"To Leigoutte—Leigoutte," repeated the maniac, urgently.
"Leigoutte—that is Fanfaro's home!" exclaimed the young girl, hastily.
"Not Fanfaro—Jacques," corrected the old woman.
"But what should we do in Leigoutte, mother?"