"Alas, yes! He was so young, so fascinating, so handsome, and he adored her. If she had not been in love with him she would hardly have permitted his visits, for they were the cause of such agony of mind to Monsieur Georges."
"It is your belief, then, that she had transferred her affection from the older to the younger lover?"
"I fear so."
"You have not seen Monsieur Georges since the murder?"
"No."
"Are you sure that he was not at the funeral?"
"Quite sure."
"But there was a great crowd at the cemetery. How can you be sure that he was not in the crowd?"
"I cannot be sure of that; but I am sure that he paid my mistress no honour. He was not among those who stood around her grave, or who threw flowers upon her coffin. I stayed by the grave after all was over and the crowd had dispersed; but Monsieur Georges never came near to cast a look upon the spot where my poor mistress was lying. He has not been at her apartment since her death; he never came to look upon her corpse when it was lying there."
"And he has not written—he has given no orders as to the disposal of your mistress's property?"