He probably knows, as I know, that any letter addressed to me is liable to be opened.

I have reason to believe that some of my letters have not only been opened, but that copies of them are actually in the possession of that man--the head of that which is called the Government." He turned and looked darkly into a neighbouring clump of rhododendrons, as if Louis Napoleon were perhaps lurking there.

But he was nevertheless quite right in his suspicions, which were verified twenty years later, along with much duplicity which none had suspected.
"Nevertheless," he went on, "I know what Colville seeks to convey to us, and is now hurrying away from Paris to confirm to us by word of mouth.
The bank of John Turner in the Rue Lafayette has failed, and with it goes all the fortune of Madame St.Pierre Lawrence." Both his hearers exclaimed aloud, and Madame de Chantonnay showed signs of a desire to swoon; but as no one took any notice, she changed her mind.
"It is a ruse to gain time," explained Albert, brushing the thin end of his moustache upward with a gesture of resolution.

"Just as the other was a ruse to gain time.

It is at present a race between two resolute parties.