It is very important for me." "Certainly," approved M.Daburon.
Gevrol passed in first, the others remaining on the threshold.

They all took in at a glance the scene of the crime.

Everything, as the commissary had stated, seemed to have been overturned by some furious madman.

In the middle of the room was a table covered with a fine linen cloth, white as snow.

Upon this was placed a magnificent wineglass of the rarest manufacture, a very handsome knife, and a plate of the finest porcelain.