"And to gratify your passions, you dared to rob——"
"Enough! enough! that affair happened a long while ago, and it's no use to talk about it now; besides, I have something to remind me of it that will never disappear, I'm afraid!"
As he said this, Thélénie's brother put his hand to his left cheek, where the scar was; then he continued:
"However, then as now, nobody knew I was your brother; you had recommended me to that gentleman as a protégé of yours."
"Thank heaven!"
"By the way, what has become of that Monsieur Duronceray?"
"I have no idea."
"Do you never see him now?"
"No, not for a long time."
"Do you know whether he's in Paris at present?"