de Lorcy.

Suddenly he trembled, as if he had been touched by a torpedo, and, profoundly agitated, almost lost countenance.
Was he as much astonished as he seemed?
For some time the Sannois Hill had become his favourite promenade, and he never went there without going as far as a certain spot whence he could see the front of a certain house, the window-shutters of which had remained during two months as though hermetically sealed.

It might be that the evening before he had found them open.

Induction is a scientific process with which Samuel Brohls are familiar.
He had abundant will and self-control.

He was not long in recovering himself; he raised his head like one who feels himself strong enough to defy all dangers.