I have sent others here on this same mission, and they did not succeed.

Both of these ladies, I believe, have been approached for the information I desire, and they have thought well to withhold it.

I have set my heart upon success this time, and I wish to secure at least the opportunity of being heard." Monsieur Louis shrugged his shoulders.
"There are secrets," he murmured; "affairs of honor----" Duncombe interrupted him.
"Monsieur Louis," he said, "I am not so young as I look, and I have lived in Paris.

I know that this cafe, for all its outward smartness, bears perhaps the worst reputation in Europe.

I have heard of you three many times--the 'Trinity from Hell,' they call you sometimes, I think.
You see I know where I am and the risk I run.