"It is clear, I think," he said.

"Good-bye." And with no more, without one upward glance or a gesture of the hand, with no further adieu or word of gratitude, he walked out into the lane, turned briskly to the left, and vanished.
The minister uttered a cry of surprise, and made as if he would descend also.
"Come back, sir!" he called, as loudly as he dared.

"M.

de Tignonville, come back! This is folly or worse!" But M.de Tignonville was gone.
La Tribe listened a while, unable to believe it, and still expecting his return.

At last, hearing nothing, he slid, greatly excited, to the ground and looked out.