"'No, madame!'
"'He has disappeared?'
"'Yes; I left the room for a moment, and when I returned—'
"'And Monsieur de la Roche; where is he?'
"'In Hugh's Tower.'
"'In the Tower!'
"She threw on a dressing-gown, seized a lamp and hurried out. I remained behind. A quarter of an hour afterwards she returned, her feet covered with snow, and very pale; it was pitiful to see. She set the lamp on the mantelpiece, and looking steadily at me, she said:
"'Was it you who put the doctor in the Tower?'
"'Yes, madame.'
"'Unhappy man! you will never know the harm that you have done!'