"Ah!" said the latter, almost gaily, "it gives me courage to see you." However, the new comers had brought a little information.

The boulevards were in an agitated state, the news of the crime had spread from cafe to cafe, and everybody was anxious to see the late edition which one paper had published giving a very incorrect account of the affair, full of the most extraordinary details.

Briefly, nothing positive was as yet known.
On seeing Guillaume turn pale Pierre compelled him to lie down again, and even talked of taking the visitors into the next room.

But the injured man gently replied: "No, no, I promise you that I won't stir again, that I won't open my mouth.

But stay there and chat together.