Even in this short phrase my voice was quivering with emotion. He might easily have noticed my agitation, and yet he did not seem to do so.
“Only their tracks, Monsieur! Whither did they lead?”
“To the Levee Road. No doubt they have returned towards the city. We need have no farther dependence on them.”
“Then I shall go to Bringiers at once?”
This was put hypothetically.
The proposal gave me pleasure. I wished him away.
I wished to be alone with Aurore.
“It would be as well,” I assented, “if you do not deem it too early?”
“Oh, no! besides, I have business in Bringiers that will occupy me all the day.”
“Ah!”