“May I take a great liberty?”
“Certainly,” I laughed—“short of taking Alphonse. What is it?”
“Alphonse,” asked Merton, “would you know the lady you followed and guided that night in the Bois?”
“Yes, monsieur.”
“Do you want to make two hundred francs?”
“Without doubt.”
“Find that woman and I will give you three hundred.”
“It will be difficult. Paris is large and women are numerous.”
“Yes, but there is the Count le Moyne as a clue.”