. Monsieur Lecoq & The honor of the name . concealed at Montaignac. probably. I mustknow. Try and find out where she is by Monday, when I willmeet you here again. All right, Ill try, answered Chupin, and he did indeedtry; exerting all his energy and cunning, but in vain. He wasfettered by the precautions which he took to shield himselfagainst Balstain and Jean Lacheneur; while, on the other hand,he had to prosecute his search personally, as no one in theneighborhood would have consented to give him the least infor-mation. Still no news! he said to Blanche at each succeeding interview. But she
. Monsieur Lecoq & The honor of the name . concealed at Montaignac. probably. I mustknow. Try and find out where she is by Monday, when I willmeet you here again. All right, Ill try, answered Chupin, and he did indeedtry; exerting all his energy and cunning, but in vain. He wasfettered by the precautions which he took to shield himselfagainst Balstain and Jean Lacheneur; while, on the other hand,he had to prosecute his search personally, as no one in theneighborhood would have consented to give him the least infor-mation. Still no news! he said to Blanche at each succeeding interview. But she would not admit the possibility ofMarie-Anne having fled with Maurice. Jealousy will QOl yield even to evidence. She had declared that Marie-Anne had taken her husband from her, that Martial and Marie-Anne 540 THE HONOR OF THE NAME loved each other, and it must be so, all proofs to the contrarynotwithstanding; At last, one morning, she found her spyjubilant. Good news! he cried, as soon as he perceived her;we have caught the minx at THIS was three days after Marie-Annes arrival at the Bor-derie, which event was the general topic of conversationthroughout the neighborhood, Chanlouineaus will especiallyforming the subject of countless comments. The old folkslooked grave, and repeated to one another: Ah, well, heresM. Lacheneurs daughter with an income of more than twothousand francs, without counting the house. While the un-attractive maidens who had not been fortunate enough to se-cure husbands muttered in their turn: An honest girl wouldhave had no such luck as that! When Chupin brought this great news to Blanche she trem-bled with anger, and clenched her soft white hands, exclaiming:What audacity! What impudence! The old poacher seemed to be of the same opinion. If eachof her lovers gives her as much she will be richer than a queen,quothed he maliciously. She will be able to buy up Sairmeuse,and Courtornieu as well if she chooses. And this is the woman who has estranged
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