He has no place here--now; and if he can go safely to his home it will be well that he do so.

Add, if you please, that Madame de Tavannes thanks him for his offer of aid, but in her husband's house she needs no other protection." Bigot's eyes sparkled with joy.
The minister hesitated.

"No more, Madame ?" he faltered.

He was tender- hearted, and Tignonville was of his people.
"No more," she said gravely, bowing her head.

"It is not M.de Tignonville I have to thank, but Heaven's mercy, that I do not stand here at this moment unhappy as I entered--a woman accursed, to be pointed at while I live.