Marthe appeared astonished:
"Suzanne?" she said. "Don't you know?... Oh, of course, you were asleep last evening. Suzanne spent the night here."
He turned aside his head, to hide the flush that spread over his features, and he said:
"Oh, she slept here, did she?"
"Yes. M. Morestal wishes her to stay with us until M. Jorancé's return."
"But ... but where is she now?..."
"She is at Börsweilen ... she has gone to ask for leave to see her father."
"Alone?"
"No, Victor went with her."