Adieu! May God guard you!" Simon Turchi prepared to accompany the old man; but whilst they were speaking together the bailiff, Messire John Van Schoonhoven, suddenly entered, and without the formality of a salutation, he exclaimed: "Gentlemen, I have news!" Turchi trembled and turned pale; but as the unexpected announcement of the bailiff had startled the others, his emotion was not attributed to terror.
"For the love of God be calm, gentlemen, and do not anticipate too much.

I do not know what has become of the unfortunate Geronimo, but I have just cause to hope that we will soon find him--at least we have a clue.' I have learned, beyond doubt, that on the day of his disappearance, about five o'clock in the evening, he was seen beyond the Square of Meir.

A monk from the Dominican Convent, who knows him well, saluted him and noticed the direction he went.

Acting upon this information, one of my most intelligent subordinates has been tracing him.

A banker saw him pass through the quarter of the Jews.