No doubt he searched for a telegram.

Fortunately he did not examine your letters, or Marthe Gobin would never have spoken to us as she did after she was dead." "Then what did he do ?" asked Ricardo eagerly; and, though Hanaud had been with him at the entrance to the station all this while, he asked the question in absolute confidence that the true answer would be given to him.
"He returned to the verandah wondering what he should do.

He saw us come back from the station in the motor-car and go up to your room.

We were alone.

Marthe Gobin, then, was following.