Hanaud sent the waiter out to fetch an officer in plain clothes, who was in attendance at the door, and he handed the letter to this man.

Then he turned with an apology to his guests.
"It is necessary that we should find out," he explained, "as soon as possible, the whole record of Mlle.

Celie." He lighted a cigar, and over the coffee he put a question to Ricardo.
"Now tell me what you make of the case.

What M.Wethermill thinks--that is clear, is it not?
Helene Vauquier is the guilty one.

But you, M.
Ricardo?
What is your opinion ?" Ricardo took from his pocket-book a sheet of paper and from his pocket a pencil.