Conscience -- Volume 2

nes, to share with her mother and brother th

left in the door, and one had only to knock before entering. Since the newspapers had spoken of the button, all was changed; the feeling of

d the door, the tabl

g had happened to you,

s det

her hat and c

ing?" the mother asked

N

nothing?" Florentin co

lse; or I heard only that when

was

investigations of the po

adame Cormier interrupt

shook h

on of all has a val

er," Flore

is, all those who use the buttons marked A. P. And if they did find them, they could not designate all thei

of time, one finds a ne

ntin

tirely on that. As I passed near the Rue Louis-le-Grand, I went

e situation?" Fl

el; but when she saw her brother's agitation, she could not exasperate him by this avowal, above all, because

g surprised. As he made the first deposition, was it not natural that my

he act must ap

arn all made me overlook this; and I think, when I have to

nion?" Madame

f Caffie in the chair where he was attacked proves that he was surprised. Therefore, if there was n

athed a profound s

she said

cian. It is that of the physician who has certified to the death, and who, more than any one, has power,

lied Florentin. "His opinion does not produce a criminal, while the button can-at least

e assassin, who has rejoined all the others they have let escape.

red his

lead th

s by the Avenue de Clichy

ible. I was at Caffies the day of the crime. I lost there a button torn off by violence. This button picked up by

ll not f

ey do find me. How sh

he Rue Sainte-Anne between five an

only one-mamma. What is the testimony of a mothe

ffirming that there was no struggle,

to prove that there was no struggle; Doctor Saniel will say that Caffie was surprised. Who could surprise Caffie? To open Caffies door when the clerk wa

st sustained her weakened. With Saniel she was brave. Between her brother and mother, in this room that had wi

seems as if we were g

safety laughs at the police investigations; he had not thought of this butt

born under a lucky star, others under an unlucky one. There are those who, in the battle of life, receive knocks without being discouraged, because they expect something the next day, as

t stay in Ame

or boy!" Madame Cormier said, whose

rrow? What does this to-morrow, full of

nly dangers?" Phillis asked, in

ys expect

y that life is always rose-colored, but neither is it always black. I believe it is like

ass the end of the winter in a country where it would be less disagr

seriously, I hope?"

trary, very

and you think of a sepa

hat Florentin thinks," cried

why

nly the gu

face the danger; while the innocent, timid like myself, or the unlucky, lose their heads and fly, because they know beforehand, also, that if a

ring which each one seemed to hav

is not likely," Florentin

ave ideas?" P

lace; we should see if y

your trouble is mine, only it does not betray it

Valerius and

o us for Valerius's di

e the greatest imprudenc

with a secret of

is an ho

political, or rather patriotic, a

mall way by his work, are not this care and pr

. If he accepts it and your innocence, it is well; he will not betray your secret voluntarily nor by stupidity. But he will not accept it; he will look beyond. He will suppose that you wish to

g to you, what

and chances against one for our uneasiness, and

I like that; at the least, I have no resp