He did not reply. He leant out of the window, waved his pass, explained who he was to the policeman regulating the traffic in the streets. At last, when they reached the Cours-la-Reine, he sat down again and said:
"I beseech you, madame, to give me plain answers to my questions. Did you see Mlle. Geneviève Ernemont just now, at about four o'clock?"
"Geneviève? . . . Yes. . . . I was dressing to go out."
"Did she tell you of the advertisement about Steinweg in the Journal?"
"She did."
"And it was that which made you come to see me?"
"Yes."
"Were you alone during Mlle. Ernemont's visit?"
"Upon my word, I can't say. . . . Why?"
"Recollect. Was one of your servants present?"