"Did anybody come to see him yesterday?"
"No, nobody."
"Was he alone when he bound you and locked you in?"
"At that moment, yes."
"His man, Bernard, joined him near the door and I heard them talking about a working jeweller...."
"Is that all?"
"And about something that was to happen the next day, that is, to-day, at twelve o'clock, because the Comtesse d'Origny could not come earlier."
Velmont reflected:
"Has that conversation any meaning that throws a light upon your husband's plans?"