"Did she tell you her name before you let her in?"
"No, she said it wasn't worth while."
"Did she stay long with monsieur?"
"Why, yes, quite a while."
"And she has gone?"
"Yes, as much as half an hour ago; the storm was just beginning, and when I saw that, I asked her to wait in my house; I told her she'd get wet; but she wouldn't stop; she made me feel bad because she was crying."
"She was crying? What! she was crying when she left Monsieur Malberg?"
"I should say so! big tears too! she looked as if she was in very great trouble, but she started off all the same."
Georget waited to hear no more; he ran to the count, and could hardly say what he wished to, he was so excited.
"Monsieur, the girl who came—a young girl came from Paris,—and talked with you, monsieur?"