"Look out you don't lose your heart to him."
The woman laughed in a merry manner and said:
"I've won his. I can read it in his eyes."
"Woman's vanity," thought Oscar, and he did mutter: "That is her weakest point."
"You have measured pretty well. What is your conclusion?"
"I'll tell you; he is going it alone. He is the only one who has any points on us; of that I am certain. But, as I said, I'll woo until I know just who is in with him, if any one."
At that moment the talk was interrupted and three men entered the room. Well, our hero was surprised. One of the men he recognized at a glance and he muttered: "Can it be possible?"
As the three men entered Girard rose to his feet and greeted the man whom our hero had recognized. He exclaimed as he extended his hand:
"Redalli, I am glad to greet you, and let me tell you that you have arrived just in time."
"Bah! I've heard all about it. You gentlemen are too easily frightened. There is nothing to fear."