"Back a moment!" the Admiral commanded.
Jude was carried once more into the candle-light.
"Who is the Répentigny you say you know?"
"The officer—of the King's—Bodyguard."
"What do you know about him?"
"I lived in the same house at Versailles—the Hôtel de Noailles."
"Then you are an aristocrat?"
"Oh, no, sir; do not accuse me—only a servant—one of the people—and I was dismissed."
"A reader, you said. Well, what of this Répentigny?"
"I could inform you concerning all his movements were you only to release me."