Madame Wolsky's boxes are there, in her bed-room; I might have let the room twice over since she left, but no, I prefer to wait, hoping that the lady--the very charming lady--will come back." "By the way, where is the letter which she left ?" said the Commissioner in a business-like voice.

"I should like to see that letter." "Where is the letter ?" repeated Monsieur Malfait vaguely.

Then in a loud voice, he said, "I will ask my wife for the letter.

She looks after the correspondence." Madame Malfait came forward.

She looked even more annoyed than her husband had looked when he had seen by whom Sylvia was accompanied.
"The letter ?" she repeated shortly.