“Yes, I do.”
“You telegraphed from the post-office at Mantes?”
“Yes.”
“And was there any one in the post-office?”
“Yes, a woman.”
“What woman? The one who lies here, murdered?”
“Yes.”
“But she didn’t read what you wrote?”
“No, but I wrote the telegram twice over.”
“And you threw the first draft anywhere, on the floor, so that any one who came along. . . . Oh, really, captain, you must confess . . . !”