“I should be very glad to see that man; what you have told me about him has aroused my curiosity.”
“We very rarely meet him; but it is probable that you will soon see Madame de Belleville.”
“Madame de Belleville, did you say?”
“Yes, that’s the name of the newcomers who have made so much stir. Do you know them?”
Freluchon had once told Edmond that Chamoureau called himself Monsieur de Belleville; but Thélénie’s former lover had paid no attention. And yet the name sounded familiar to him; he tried to recall where and when he had heard it.
“Well,” continued Agathe, “you don’t answer me. I asked you if you knew Monsieur and Madame de Belleville?”
“I am trying to think, mademoiselle; the name is not unfamiliar to me.”
“Try hard; something tells me that you do know that lady.”
“What can make you think that, dear Agathe?” asked Honorine.
“The extraordinary way in which she stared at me.”