As he stepped aside to let Wilhelmine pass, he noticed a cab with drawn blinds which had that minute drawn up not far from the space in front of the church. He examined it anxiously.
"It seemed to me we were being followed—shadowed," replied de Loubersac. "It is of little importance, however—we must expect that in our service."
"Yes, you also have secrets," remarked Wilhelmine.
"They are only professional ones: there is nothing about my personality to hide: my life is an open book for all the world to read!"
De Loubersac's tone was hard.
It hurt Wilhelmine.
For some while they had been seated behind a pillar, in the shadow: Wilhelmine had been speaking: Henri had been listening.
She told him she was not the daughter of the baron de Naarboveck, that her real name was Thérèse Auvernois.[5]
[5] See Fantômas: vol. i, Fantômas Series.