He looked up from his papers with a stare of wonder.

"Go on, Magloire!" cried Lomaque, with a sudden outburst of irritability.

"Why the devil don't you go on ?"--"All ready, citizen," returned Magloire, submissively, and proceeded: "(2.) It is at Trudaine's house that the woman Danville's connection with her brother's secret designs is ascertained, through the vigilance of the before-mentioned patriot citizen.

The interview of the two suspected persons is private; their conversation is carried on in whispers.

Little can be overheard; but that little suffices to prove that Trudaine's sister is perfectly aware of his intention to proceed for the third time to the house in the Rue de Clery.