Do not lose heart!" And in his mind he added: "God forgive me for the lie." He shook her hand and let it go; and gathering up her skirt she went into the hall of the hotel.
Hanaud watched her as she went.

She was to him a lonely and pathetic creature, in spite of the nurse who bore her company.
"You must be a good friend to that young girl, M.Ricardo," he said.
"Let us drive to your hotel." "Yes," said Ricardo.

And as they went the curiosity which all the way from Geneva had been smouldering within him burst into flame.
"Will you explain to me one thing ?" he asked.

"When the scream came from the garden you were not surprised.

Indeed, you said that when you saw the open door and the morphia-needle on the table of the little room downstairs you thought Adele and the man Hippolyte were hiding in the garden." "Yes, I did think so." "Why?
And why did the publication that the jewels had been discovered so alarm you ?" "Ah!" said Hanaud.