"Yes; and I have told you the condition he is in."
"Have you told him of the different attempts?"
"Yes; and it was wrong of me to do so. Our doctor, old Dr. Guéroult, forbade me to cause him the least excitement."
"I don't remember her. She died sixteen years ago ... just sixteen years ago."
"How old were you then?"
"I was not quite five years old."
"And were you living here?"
"We were living in Paris. My father only bought this place the year after."
Lupin was silent for a few moments. Then he concluded: