He had hoped to tire out his nerves as well as his body, but in this he had not succeeded.

As soon as he had given up his tools, his brain began to work again more busily than ever.

It followed Percy in his peregrinations through the city, trying to discover where those brutes were keeping Jeanne.
That task had suddenly loomed up before Armand's mind with all its terrible difficulties.

How could Percy--a marked man if ever there was one--go from prison to prison to inquire about Jeanne?
The very idea seemed preposterous.

Armand ought never to have consented to such an insensate plan.