15/43 Even you, yourself, would scarcely know me." "I know you, now you have taken that hat off; but I own that I did not recognize you before, and thought for the moment that you were but a messenger. For aught I know, my servant has been bribed to act as a spy upon me, and may have her ear at the keyhole. To tell you the truth, Jean, things are coming to a crisis at the club. The violent party get more violent every day, and I am heartily sick of this butchers' work. I feel that, at any moment, I may be denounced." "Then why on earth do you stay here, Jules? |