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Harry Wethermill, however, was not so easily satisfied

"Surely, ,"

he said, "and to one there she will

stay there--until ant her again?"

Hanaud looked at the young ly

"I can understand,views about

Helene Vauquier You are human, like the rest of us And what she

has said to us just noould not make youhis shoulders rather than to

finish in words his sentence "However," he said, "we shall take

care to knohere Helene Vauquier is staying Indeed, if she is

at all implicated in this affair we shall learn more if we leave

her free than if we keep her under lock and key You see that if

we leave her quite free, but watch her very, very carefully, so as

to awaken no suspicion, she

rash--or the others

"That is quite true," he said "She ht write a letter"

"Yes, or receive one," added Hanaud, "which would be still , of course, that she has anything

to do with this affair"; and again he shrugged his shoulders He

turned towards the Commissaire

"You have a discreet officer whom you can trust?" he asked