For the more questions I put, the further, it seemed to me, I strayed from my object.
'I picked it up in the Ruelle d'Arcy,' she answered, tapping her foot on the floor resentfully.

'It was the silly thing put it into my head to--to do what I did.

And now, have you any more questions, sir ?' 'One only,' I said, seeing it all clearly enough.

'Will you tell me, please, exactly where you found it ?' 'I have told you.

In the Ruelle d'Arcy, ten paces from the Rue de Valois.