Giry bristled, with her three teeth sticking out of her mouth.
"And why, may I ask ?" "Because I spent that evening watching Box Five and the sham envelope which you put there.

I did not go to the ballet-foyer for a second." "No, sir, and I did not give you the envelope that evening, but at the next performance ...

on the evening when the under-secretary of state for fine arts ..." At these words, M.Richard suddenly interrupted Mme.

Giry: "Yes, that's true, I remember now! The under-secretary went behind the scenes.

He asked for me.