Of course you were out of the house when he found it.

She must have slipped out of her room soon after you went." "He found a handkerchief belonging to Mademoiselle Kritchnoff.

Where is it ?" cried Guerchard.
"M.

Formery took the pearls, but he left the handkerchief.

I suppose it's in the corner where he found it," said the Duke.
"He left the handkerchief ?" cried Guerchard.