Louise Galet continued nothing definite, beyond, perhaps, the passage relative to the early vegetables, and the supposed scenes with her _chambriere_.

Whatever may have been the good demoiselle's past record, she certainly was not void of principles, and she prided herself on her truthfulness; only she did not always see the necessity of telling everything she knew; in her narratives she frequently omitted certain details.

She had written at the instigation of Samuel Brohl, who had not explained to her his motives.

To be sure, she had partially divined these, being shrewd and sly.

He had commended himself to her discretion, for which he had paid liberally.Mlle.