"Dame! yes, monsieur; it's evident that madame has got rid of her sick headache."
"Where has she gone?"
"I don't know, monsieur."
"And she left no message for me, if I came?"
"Not a word."
"Has she gone to her father's?"
"I said that I didn't know."
"Very well; I will come again. Ask her to wait for me, when she returns."
The young man hurried to Monsieur Gerbault's. He found Adolphine alone. She read at once on his face that he was suffering, and asked him as she took his hand:
"What has happened, my friend? Something is the matter."