"Let us send there." "No," said Corentin; "that girl never trusted her cousins' safety to a farmer.

She is playing with us.

Do as I tell you, so that we mayn't have to leave here without detecting something, after committing the great blunder of coming here at all." Corentin stationed himself before the fire, lifting the long pointed skirts of his coat to warm himself and assuming the air, manner, and tone of a gentleman who was paying a visit.
"Mesdames, you can go to bed, and the servants also.

Monsieur le maire, your services are no longer needed.

The sternness of our orders does not permit us to act otherwise than as we have done; but as soon as the walls, which seem to me rather thick, have been thoroughly examined, we shall take our departure." The mayor bowed to the company and retired; but neither the abbe nor Mademoiselle Goujet stirred.