And shut up that girl, too," pointing to Catherine.
"As for you, Peyrade, search for papers," adding in his ear, "Ransack everything, spare nothing .-- Monsieur l'abbe," he said, confidentially, "I have an important communication to make to you"; and he took him into the garden.
"Listen to me attentively, monsieur," he went on; "you seem to have the mind of a bishop, and (no one can hear us) you will understand me.

I have no longer any hope except through you of saving these families, who, with the greatest folly, are letting themselves roll down a precipice where no one can save them.

The Messieurs Simeuse and d'Hauteserre have been betrayed by one of those infamous spies whom governments introduce into all conspiracies to learn their objects, means, and members.

Don't confound me, I beg of you, with the wretch who is with me.

He belongs to the police; but I am honorably attached to the Consular cabinet, I am therefore behind the scenes.