Impossible! And yet, why had she spoken that way to Des Hermies?
But surely if she had wanted to see him she would have come to his apartment, since they were acquaintances.
She would not have started this correspondence under a pseudonym-- "H.

de Maubel!" he said suddenly, "why, Mme.

Chantelouve's name is Hyacinthe, a boy's name which suits her very well.

She lives in the rue Babneux not vary far from the rue Littre post-office.

She is a blonde, she has a maid, she is a fervent Catholic.