"What are you saying, sir?" and Montferrand seemed to feel a real interest.
"You can't understand, but I shall save her. If I chance to meet that Talizac, I will crush him as I would a venomous reptile!"
"You are going in pursuit of the girl?" asked Aubé.
"Most certainly, nor will I rest until I have rescued her!"
"Accept my services," said Montferrand.
"Where am I to turn? What shall I do first? My head is dizzy." He held himself more erect. "But this is no time to give way. Thank you, sir, for your generous offer, of which I may avail myself later."
"I regret to have seemed, even for a moment, the accomplice of these men. My name is Arthur, son of the Marquis de Montferrand. Here is my card."
Fanfar took the bit of shining pasteboard.
"And here is my hand!" added Arthur.
"And now," said Fanfar, after a vigorous exchange of handshaking, "and now we have not a moment to lose!"