6/21 "It was after we came back from our useless journey to the station. I remembered suddenly that I had started without the pendant. I went to the bureau and picked up the case; and it was empty." "One moment--one moment," said M.Formery. "Didn't you catch this young Bernard Charolais with this case in his hands, your Grace ?" "Yes," said the Duke. "I caught him with it in his pocket." "Then you may depend upon it that the young rascal had slipped the pendant out of its case and you only recovered the empty case from him," said M.Formery triumphantly. |