Not a letter, not a scrap of paper even, to be met with.

From time to time Gevrol stopped to swear or grumble.

"Oh! it is cleverly done! It is a tiptop piece of work! The scoundrel is a cool hand!" "Well, what do you make of it ?" at length demanded the investigating magistrate.
"It is a drawn game monsieur," replied Gevrol.

"We are baffled for the present.

The miscreant has taken his measures with great precaution; but I will catch him.