The police had not been there as yet?
No.

But the men must surely have mentioned Salvat?
Yes, of course, on account of his Anarchist opinions.

But what had Grandidier, the master, said, on returning from the investigating magistrate's?
As for that Thomas knew nothing.

He had not seen Grandidier that day.
"But here he comes!" the young man added.

"Ah! poor fellow, his wife, I fancy, had another attack this morning." He alluded to a frightful story which Guillaume had already recounted to Pierre.