When Edmond Greisse was back at Granpere he well remembered his message, but he had some doubt as to the expediency of delivering it.

He had to reflect in the first place whether he was quite sure that matters were arranged between Marie and Adrian Urmand.

The story had been told to him as being certainly true by Peter the waiter.

And he had discussed the matter with other young men, his associates in the place, among all of whom it was believed that Urmand was certainly about to carry away the young woman with whom they were all more or less in love.

But when, on his return to Granpere, he had asked a few more questions, and had found that even Peter was now in doubt on a point as to which he had before been so sure, he began to think that there would be some difficulty in giving his message.