The secrets of his breast--what did he mean?
Did he know that on Monsieur's breast was the red scar which...
M.Rossignol's voice seemed coming from an infinite distance, and as it came, the mist slowly passed from her eyes.
"You will know, Mademoiselle Rosalie," he was saying, "that while I suggested that the secrets of his breast might well be bared to you, I meant that as an honest lady and faithful postmistress they were not.

It was my awkward joke--a stupid gambolling by an old man who ought to know better." She did not answer, and he continued: "You know that you are trusted.

Pray accept my apologies." She was herself again.

"Monsieur," she said quietly; "I know nothing of his past.

I want to know nothing.