"Yes."
"If I have occasion to go there will I be admitted?"
"Yes."
At this moment a servant rushed into the parlor and exclaimed:
"Mademoiselle, Monsieur de Larsagny has suddenly become ill."
"I shall come soon," said Carmen, coldly, and nodding to Coucou, she went away.
In the banker's room great confusion reigned. The master of the house lay motionless, with closed eyes, on a divan. A physician who happened to be present, suggested opening a vein, and Carmen stood at the bedside, not knowing what to do.
At length she consented, and while the operation was being performed, Carmen searched all of Monsieur de Larsagny's pockets. She soon discovered a letter, and hurried with it to her room. The note read as follows:
"Our revenge is assured. Fanfaro, Gontram, and a former clown determined to discover the vic.'s whereabout, and thanks to their curiosity they have fallen into a trap in the M. C. palace. The little one is in the house in Courb., and the son of the man against whom we have sworn eternal hate will come too late.
"C."