His accent gathered strength, and in a low but ringing voice, he added: "But I say this.

You have told me, M.Hanaud, of women who looked innocent and were guilty.

But you know also of women and girls who can live untainted and unspoilt amidst surroundings which are suspicious." Hanaud listened, but he neither agreed nor denied.

He took up a second slip of paper.
"I shall tell you something now of Mme.

Dauvray," he said.