It is true the Commissaire said that he had kept his eye on her the whole time.

But none the less from the window he saw me coming down the road, and that he could not have done, as I made sure, unless he had turned his back upon Vauquier and leaned out of the window.

Now at the time I had an open mind about Vauquier.

On the whole I was inclined to think she had no share in the affair.

But either she or Mlle.