“What’s the matter, Aurelie? What connection has this business——”
“We are lost,” she groaned.
“What do you mean?”
“You cannot understand.”
“Explain yourself. Do you know this man?” he cried on a rising note.
“Yes, yes. He rescued me. He saved me from Marescal and from William and from that man Jodot who used to come here. He would have saved us again to-day.”
He stared at her, confounded, and said: “Was it him you were waiting for?”
“Yes,” she said. “He promised to be on the spot. I was quite easy in mind. I have seen him do such things—fool Marescal.”
“Well?” said Bregeac.
“Well,” she replied in the same distracted tone. “It would perhaps be better to get into hiding—you as well as I. There are stories to your disadvantage—stories of years ago.”