'It is possible.

Do you stay here and keep a good look-out, and I will go and see.

Let one of your men come with me.' He uttered a brief assent; being a man as ready to take as to give orders, and thankful now for any suggestion which held out a hope of mademoiselle's safety.

Followed by the servant he selected, I ran down the stairs, and in a moment was hurrying along the Rue St.Denys.

The day was waning.