28/44 and thus they will have an opportunity of speaking to him to-night, just as he directed them to do. I have not seen them yet, but I think we may safely conclude that they did not draw rein until they reached London. Now you see how simple it all is, citoyenne!" "It does seem simple, doesn't it ?" she said, with a final bitter attempt at flippancy, "when you want to kill a chicken. |