At the corner of the Rue du Casino Adele waited for them and said quickly: "Mademoiselle, you can get some cord, I think, at the shop there," and she pointed to the shop of M.Corval.

"Madame and I will go slowly on; you, who are the youngest, will easily catch us up." Celia went into the shop, bought the cord, and caught Mme.

Dauvray up before she reached the villa.
"Where is Mme.

Rossignol ?" she asked.
"She went on," said Camille Dauvray.

"She walks faster than I do." They passed no one whom they knew, although they did pass one who recognised them, as Perrichet had discovered.