At some of these I knocked and asked for one or other of your friends.

In each case I heard that I was mistaken, for that no Huguenots were lodging there." [Illustration: That cross is placed there by design.] "It is evident, sir, that this is not a thing of chance, but that these crosses are placed there by design." Philip went down the street, and satisfied himself that Pierre had spoken correctly; and then returned to his lodgings, pausing, however, before the house of the Count de Valecourt, and erasing the cross upon it.

He entered his own door without touching the mark; but Pierre, who followed him in, rubbed the sleeve of his doublet across it, unnoticed by his master, and then followed him upstairs.
Philip seated himself thoughtfully.
"I like not these marks, Pierre.

There may be nothing of importance in them.

Some fanatic may have taken the trouble to place these crosses upon our doors, cursing us as he did so.