Nastasya says that a soldier wheeled them away in a barrow and covered them with an apron; _oui, c'est cela,_ with an apron." It sounded like delirium.

Who could make head or tail of it?
I pelted him with questions again.

Had Blum come alone, or with others?
On whose authority?
By what right?
How had he dared?
How did he explain it?
"_Il etait seul, bien seul,_ but there was some one else _dans l'antichambre, oui, je m'en souviens, et puis..._ Though I believe there was some one else besides, and there was a guard standing in the entry.
You must ask Nastasya; she knows all about it better than I do.

_J'etais surexcite, voyez-vous.

Il parlait, il parlait...