44/46 Will you tell Gorka that I have dislodged the book for which he asked me before his departure ?" "Gorka," replied Julien, "has been in Poland three months on family business. I just told you how that trip cost him his mistress." "What," said Montfanon, "in Poland? He passed the Fountain du Triton in a cab. If I had not been in such haste to reach Ribalta's in time to save the Montluc, I could have stopped him, but we were both in too great a hurry." "You are sure that Gorka is in Rome--Boleslas Gorka ?" insisted Dorsenne. "It is quite natural that he should not wish to remain away long from a city where he has left a wife and a mistress. |