"Were the motor-cars the only things stolen?
Were there no other thefts ?" "Well, as a matter of fact, there was another theft, or rather an attempt at theft," said the Duke with some hesitation.

"The rogues who stole the motor-cars presented themselves at the chateau under the name of Charolais--a father and three sons--on the pretext of buying the hundred-horse-power Mercrac.

M.Gournay-Martin had advertised it for sale in the Rennes Advertiser.

They were waiting in the big hall of the chateau, which the family uses as the chief living-room, for the return of M.Gournay-Martin.

He came; and as they left the hall one of them attempted to steal a pendant set with pearls which I had given to Mademoiselle Gournay-Martin half an hour before.