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Let us leave the banker driving his horses at their fullest speed, and follow Mada excursion We have said that at half-past twelve o'clock Madalars had ordered her horses, and had left hoe She directed her course towards the Faubourg Saint Gere du Pont-Neuf She descended, and went through the passage She was very plainly dressed, as would be the case with a woaud she called a cab, and directed the driver to go to the Rue de Harlay As soon as she was seated in the vehicle, she drew from her pocket a very thick black veil, which she tied on to her straw bonnet She then replaced the bonnet, and saith pleasure, in a little pocket-mirror, that her white complexion and brilliant eyes were alone visible The cab crossed the Pont-Neuf and entered the Rue de Harlay by the Place Dauphine; the driver was paid as the door opened, and stepping lightly up the stairs Madalars soon reached the Salle des Pas-Perdus

There was a great deal going on that , and many business-like persons at the Palais; business-like persons pay very little attention to wo anyupon her lawyer There was a great press of people in M de Villefort's ante-chalars had no occasion even to pronounce her name The instant she appeared the door-keeper rose, came to her, and asked her whether she was not the person hom the procureur had iven, he conducted her by a private passage to M de Villefort's office The , with his back towards the door; he did not move as he heard it open, and the door-keeper pronounce the words, "Walk in, madame," and then reclose it; but no sooner had the man's footsteps ceased, than he started up, drew the bolts, closed the curtains, and examined every corner of the room Then, when he had assured himself that he could neither be seen nor heard, and was consequently relieved of doubts, he said,--"Thanks, madame,--thanks for your punctuality;" and he offered a chair to Madalars, which she accepted, for her heart beat so violently that she felt nearly suffocated

"It is a long ti a half-circle with his chair, so as to place hi ti alone with you, and I regret that we have only now met to enter upon a painful conversation"