"Yes."
"You made out the list at M. Destange's, last night, no doubt."
"Yes."
"And, as you presume that, among those eleven properties, there must inevitably be one which I keep for my own needs and those of my friends, you have instructed Ganimard to take the field and discover my retreat."
"No."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean that I am acting alone and that I intended to take the field alone."
"So I have nothing to fear, seeing that I have you in my hands."
"You have nothing to fear so long as I remain in your hands."
"You mean to say that you will not remain?"