"I have just been informed, monsieur, of the exact nature of the relations which existed between the criminal, Jacques Dollon, and Madame de Vibray."
Fandor stiffened with indignation.
"It is false!" he cried. "Utterly false! You have been misinformed!"
He stopped short. The nun signified by a movement of her hand that further protests were useless.
"In any case, whether false or not, it is quite certain that we cannot keep this girl here any longer, for her name will, in the end, do harm to the respectability of this house."
Fandor was astounded at this extraordinary statement.
"In other words," said he, "you refuse to keep Mademoiselle here any longer as a boarder?"
"Yes, monsieur!"
The journalist moved a step or two, then, with bent head, seemed to be turning something over in his mind.
"It comes to this, madame, you are not giving me your true reasons for ..."