"What is the matter?" asked all of them.
"Nothing that concerns us," said the Doctor, seeking to disguise his trouble; "I have an appointment which is strictly private."
"Tell me, then," said Monte-Leone, "who is accused of having betrayed us."
"I do not know," said Von Apsberg, at once changing his tone. "No one can say who he is."
D'Harcourt and Taddeo looked at him with surprise. The Count said, "I thought our secret enemy, or the person pointed out as such, was known to you."
"He is not," said the Doctor, looking significantly at his friends. "None know who he is."
"Then," said Monte-Leone, "we must seek him out and reach him wherever he is."
"If we discover him," said Von Apsberg, "what shall be his fate."
"Our statutes provide for that case," said Monte-Leone; "he shall share his victim's fate. If our brethren die, so shall he."
"He shall die," said the Carbonari.