Then, glad of action, glad of anything that might relieve the tension of my feelings, I strode to it and pulled it sharply open.
On the threshold, his flushed face lit up by the light behind me, stood one of the knaves whom I had brought with me to Auch.

He had been running, and panted heavily; but he had kept his wits, and the instant I, appeared he grasped my sleeve.
'Ah! Monsieur, the very man!' he cried.

'Quick! come this instant, lose not a moment, and you may yet be first.

They have the secret! The soldiers have found Monsieur!' 'Found him ?' I echoed.

'M.