Had I been foolish in bringing him back to this part of the town where every soul knew him?
"Knock; we must get in, whether or no.

They cannot all have left the house!" I kicked the door desperately, and my relief was great when it opened.
A servant with a pale face stood before me, his knees visibly shaking.
And behind him was Croisette.
I think we fell straightway into one another's arms.
"And Marie," I cried, "Marie ?" "Marie is within, and madame," he answered joyfully; "we are together again and nothing matters, But oh, Anne, where have you been?
And what is the matter?
Is it a great fire?
Or is the king dead?
Or what is it ?" I told him.

I hastily poured out some of the things which had happened to me, and some which I feared were in store for others.

Naturally he was surprised and shocked by the latter, though his fears had already been aroused.

But his joy and relief, when he heard the mystery of Louis de Pavannes' marriage explained, were so great that they swallowed up all other feelings.