Sophie was received by an old lady who, after reading your note, merely answered, 'Very well.' She did not even ask Sophie a question, but remained quite composed without sign of curiosity." Guillaume, realising that this fine serenity perplexed his brother, thereupon replied with similar calmness: "Oh! it was only necessary that grandmother should be warned.

She knows well enough that if I don't return home it is because I can't." However, from that moment it was impossible for the injured man to rest.
Although the lamp was hidden away in a corner, he constantly opened his eyes, glanced round him, and seemed to listen, as if for sounds from the direction of Paris.

And it at last became necessary for the priest to summon the servant and ask her if she had noticed anything strange on her way to or from Montmartre.

She seemed surprised by the question, and answered that she had noticed nothing.

Besides, the cab had followed the outer boulevards, which were almost deserted.