'No, no,' she answered, 'he has no affection for me; he lets his nephew treat me like the lowest of the low'; and she wept--oh! bitterly." "Eh! what do I care for Philippe ?" cried the old man, whom Max was watching.

"Where is Flore?
how can we find out where she is ?" "Philippe, whose advice you follow, will help you," said Max coldly.
"Philippe ?" said the old man, "what has he to do with the poor child?
There is no one but you, my good Max, who can find Flore.

She will follow you--you could bring her back to me--" "I don't wish to oppose Monsieur Bridau," observed Max.
"As for that," cried Rouget, "if that hinders you, he told me he meant to kill you." "Ah!" exclaimed Gilet, laughing, "we will see about it!" "My friend," said the old man, "find Flore, and I will do all she wants of me." "Some one must have seen her as she passed through the town," said Maxence to Kouski.

"Serve dinner; put everything on the table, and then go and make inquiries from place to place.

Let us know, by dessert, which road Mademoiselle Brazier has taken." This order quieted for a time the poor creature, who was moaning like a child that has lost its nurse.