I have also learned that she was laden with grain. I write
to the Prefecture at the same time as I write to you, that inquiries may
be made at Paris and Rouen. He will be found at one of those places. I
am in waiting, sir, etc.'"
"Poor Gevrol!" cried old Tabaret, bursting with laughter. "He sharpens
his sabre, and the battle is over. Are you not going to put a stop to
his inquiries, sir?"
"No; certainly not," answered M. Daburon; "to neglect the slightest clue
often leads one into error. Who can tell what light we may receive from
this mariner?"
CHAPTER VIII.
On the same day that the crime of La Jonchere was discovered, and
precisely at the hour that M. Tabaret made his memorable examination
in the victim's chamber, the Viscount Albert de Commarin entered his
carriage, and proceeded to the Northern railway station, to meet his
father.
The young man was very pale: his pinched features, his dull eyes, his
blanched lips, in fact his whole appearance denoted either overwhelming
fatigue or unusual sorrow. All the servants had observed, that, during
the past five days, their young master had not been in his ordinary
condition: he spoke but little, ate almost nothing, and refused to see
any visitors.
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