"But I must speak to that young woman."
"Well, then, go up to the third, Mame Falourdin; she'd ought to know where her niece is."
He was right; that was my only resource. Rosette had said to me:
"When you ask for me at one of my aunts', you must always say that you come from Madame Berlingot's finishing shop on Rue Pinon."—I bore that in mind.
There was but one door on the third floor, so that it was impossible to make a mistake. I rang. A tall, thin woman opened the door.
"Madame Falourdin?"
"That's me, monsieur. What can I do for you?"
"Is Mademoiselle Rosette with you, madame?"
"No, monsieur; what do you want of her?"
"I have come from Madame Berlingot's finishing——"