"What are we to do ?" and she turned distractedly towards the women.

The courage which had supported her in her lover's absence had abandoned her now.

"If he finds him here I am lost! I am lost!" "He will not know me," Tignonville muttered.

But he spoke uncertainly; and his gaze, shifting hither and thither, belied the boldness of his words.
Madame Carlat's eyes flew round the room; on her for once the burden seemed to rest.

Alas! the room had no second door, and the windows looked on a courtyard guarded by Tavannes' people.