"May I go to my room, monsieur, and fetch my things?"
"If you like, mademoiselle, I will go and wait for you in the Rue Montchanin. I am a great friend of Jeanniot, the concierge."
"Ah, so you know...!" she said, with visible dismay.
"I know a great many things."
"Very well. Then I will ring."
The servant brought her hat and cloak and Shears said:
"You must give M. Destange some reason to explain our departure and the reason must be enough, in case of need, to explain your absence for two or three days."
"That is unnecessary. I shall be back presently."
Again, they exchanged a defiant glance, skeptical, both of them, and smiling.
"How you trust him!" said Shears.