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had not used it myself"

"Quite so," said Hanaud, and he turned to Besnard

"I think that may be ione," cried Besnard, "how could the

chauffeur not look immediately at his tins?"

The question had occurred to Ricardo, and he wondered in ay

Hanaud meant to answer it Hanaud, however, did not mean to answer

it He took little notice of it at all He put it aside with a

superb indifference to the opinion which his coht form

of hione, as you

say, that is so" And he turned again to Servettaz

"It was a powerful car?" he asked

"Sixty horse-power," said Servettaz

Hanaud turned to the Commissaire

"You have the number and description, I suppose? It will be as

well to advertise for it It may have been seen; it must be

somewhere"

The Commissaire replied that the description had already been

printed, and Hanaud, with a nod of approval, exae there was a small stone courtyard, but on

its surface there was no trace of a footstep

"Yet the gravel et," he said, shaking his head "The man who

fetched that car fetched it carefully"

He turned and walked back with his eyes upon the ground Then he

ran to the grass border between the gravel and the bushes