"I am as sure of myself as I am of you. Only, Clotilde, my life is a violent and feverish one and I cannot always give you as much time as I should wish."
She at once grew terrified.
"What is it? A fresh danger? Tell me, quick!"
"Oh, nothing serious as yet. Still...."
"Still what...?"
"Well, he is on our track."
"Shears?"
"Yes. It was he who set Ganimard at me at the Restaurant Hongrois. It was he who posted the two policemen in the Rue Chalgrin last night. The proof is that Ganimard searched the house this morning and Shears was with him. Besides...."
"Besides what?"
"Well, there is something more: one of our men is missing, Jeanniot."