This circumstance, taken in connection with prior transactions, suggested to me that perhaps the case, however deplorable, was one in which I was under no obligation whatever to concern myself.

Accordingly, I said,--"If you can assure me that none of Madame Beck's pupils are implicated in this business, I shall be very happy to stand aloof from all interference.

Take the casket, the bouquet, and the billet; for my part, I gladly forget the whole affair." "Look there!" he whispered suddenly, as his hand closed on what I offered, and at the same time he pointed through the boughs.
I looked.

Behold Madame, in shawl, wrapping-gown, and slippers, softly descending the steps, and stealing like a cat round the garden: in two minutes she would have been upon Dr.John.If _she_ were like a cat, however, _he_, quite as much, resembled a leopard: nothing could be lighter than his tread when he chose.

He watched, and as she turned a corner, he took the garden at two noiseless bounds.