A most providential accident has placed us upon his track.

If we give him time to breathe, he will escape." The only answer was an inclination of the head, which M.Daburon may have intended for a sign of assent.
"It is evident," continued the old fellow, "that our adversary has foreseen everything, absolutely everything, even the possibility of suspicion attaching to one in his high position.

Oh! his precautions are all taken.

If you are satisfied with demanding his appearance, he is saved.

He will appear before you as tranquilly as your clerk, as unconcerned as if he came to arrange the preliminaries of a duel.