As I am the only person alive who knows how to boil a _gigot a l'Anglaise_, I am going to be the cook, so I shan't come by for you.

You will find me in the tower, disguised as a scullery maid." Once outside, Durtal took a long breath.

Well, well, his unknown was Chantelouve's wife.

Impossible! She had never paid the slightest attention to him.

She was silent and cold.