Even Wethermill looked surprised.

Hanaud merely shut the door again.
"Oho, the maid!" he said.

"Then she has recovered!" "She is still weak," said the Commissaire.

"But I thought it was necessary that we should obtain at once a description of what Celie Harland wore when she left the house.

I spoke to M.Fleuriot about it, and he gave me permission to bring Helene Vauquier here, who alone could tell us.