Gudel looked utterly aghast. Before he could speak, Bobichel appeared.
"I beg your pardon, sir," he said to Fanfar, "but knowing that the sick lady was alone, I went for some one."
Caillette stepped forward.
The girl said in a low voice to Fanfar:
"Will you allow me to take care of your mother?"
She then turned to Françoise, and kissed her as Cinette would have done.
"Good, kind souls!" murmured Fanfar, "with the assistance of such people we ought to succeed."
He kissed his mother again, then turning to Gudel and Bobichel, he cried:
"Come with me! And may Eternal Justice be with us also!"