"Oh, indeed? Well, it will be known to all the world very soon. The Count, it seems, was suspected of some hand in the late intrigue with Spain—"
"Ah!"
"Why do you say 'Ah!'?"
"Nothing. I always thought there might be something wrong with the Count's politics."
"Well, so they thought in Paris. And having made sure—"
"How did they make sure?"
"Oh, by the discovery of certain documents, no doubt," said Monsieur de Pepicot, with a notable unconsciousness. "It is the usual way, is it not?"
"Aha! I begin to see now. You overdo the innocence, my friend. I begin to guess what you were doing at Lavardin—"
"Monsieur, I know not what you mean."
"I begin to guess why you wanted to get into the chateau,—what you were wandering about the house with a lantern for,—why you took your leave so unexpectedly,—and how you knew that in ten days I should be set free."