"I wanted to reply, but she stopped me.
"'That is enough! Go and fasten all the doors and lie down. I will sit up myself. To-morrow morning you will go and find the doctor in Knapwurst's lodge, and you will bring him to me. Breathe no word of this to anybody! Remember you have seen nothing and know nothing!'"
"Is that all, Sperver?"
He nodded gravely.
"He has come back again; he seems better."
We had reached the antechamber. Gideon knocked gently on the door, then opened it, announcing, "Monsieur the doctor."
"I STEPPED FORWARD AND FOUND MYSELF IN THE PRESENCE OF ODILE."