My master has got it into his head that you were after the same game as ourselves.

He was mistaken, and now we leave the field clear to you." Before Perpignan could make any reply, the old man had passed through the doorway.

On the threshold he paused, and said,-- "Were I in your place, I would stick to my first plan.

You will never find the boy, but you will get several thousand francs out of the Duke, which I am sure will come in handy." "There are scars now, then," muttered Tantaine, as he moved away from the house, "and that Master Catenac never said a word about them!".