"She knows nothing, absolutely
nothing, of what has passed."
"But the recognition?" asked Trudaine, amazedly. "His mother saw
her. Surely she--"
"I managed it so that she should be seen, and should not see. Our
former experience of Danville suggested to me the propriety of
making the experiment, and my old police-office practice came in
useful in carrying it out. I saw the carriage standing at the
door, and waited till the old lady came down. I walked your
sister away as she got in, and walked her back again past the
window as the carriage drove off. A moment did it, and it turned
out as useful as I thought it would. Enough of that! Go back now
to your sister. Keep indoors till the night mail starts for
Rouen. I have had two places taken for you on speculation. Go!
resume possession of your house, and leave me here to transact
the business which my employer has intrusted to me, and to see
how matters end with Danville and his mother. I will make time
somehow to come and bid you good-by at Rouen, though it should be
only for a single day. Bah! no thanks. Give us your hand. I was
ashamed to take it eight years ago--I can give it a hearty shake
now! There is your way; here is mine. Leave me to my business in
silks and satins, and go you back to your sister, and help her to
pack up for the night mail."
CHAPTER III.
Three more days have passed.
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