"We ought then to be on our guard."
"I advise you to."
The Count de Chagny turned pale and said in a shaky voice:
"How? What measures should we take?"
"I will tell you to-morrow," said Dorothy. "You shall know to-morrow what you have to fear and what measures you ought to take to defend yourselves."
"You promise that?"
"I promise it."
D'Estreicher, who had followed with close attention every phase of the conversation, without taking part in it, stepped forward:
"We make all the more point of this meeting to-morrow, mademoiselle, because we still have to solve together a little additional problem, the problem of the card-board box. You haven't forgotten it?"
"I forget nothing, monsieur," she said. "To-morrow, at the hour fixed, that little matter and other matters, the theft of the sapphire earrings among other things, shall be made clear."