My suspicions are very slight, and I feel no certainty whatever--for this reason.

The two men who seized me put me on horseback behind the man who blindfolded me, and whose hair was red like Michu's.

However singular you may consider the observation I am about to make, it is necessary to make it because it is the ground of an opinion favorable to the accused--who, I hope, will not feel offended by it.

Fastened to the man's back I would naturally have been affected by his odor--yet I did not perceive that which is peculiar to Michu.

As to the person who brought me provisions on three several occasions, I am certain it was Marthe, the wife of Michu.