"Can you remember when the vicomte left the house?"
"Last night."
"About what time?"
"I do not know, I was asleep."
"And I too," sobbed Madame Caraman.
"Coucou, please tell the footman to come here."
The footman came immediately.
"When did Vicomte Spero leave the house?" asked Fanfaro, turning to the man.
"I—I—do not know," stammered the footman.
"You do not know when the vicomte went out?"