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Into the light eyes of M Fleuriot there caleareater sharpness In a e; he dropped froh office; he

dwindled into a fanatic

"She is a Jewess, this Celia Harland?" he cried

"No, M Fleuriot, she is not," replied Wetherest

its members But Celia Harland is not one of the of disappoint, too, of incredulity, in his voice "Well, you will coation" And he

passed on without another question or reo, and it was not until he was out

of earshot that Besnard turned with a deprecating gesture to

Hanaud

"Yes, yes, he is a good judge, M Hanaud--quick, discri,

sympathetic; but he has that bee in his bonnet, like so many

others Everywhere he et it

out of his head No nificant a woman is murdered,

she must have letters in her possession which would convict

Dreyfus But you know! There are thousands like that--good,

kindly, just people in the ordinary ways of life, but behind every

crime they see the Jew"

Hanaud nodded his head

"I know; and in a Juge d'Instruction it is very eate and the villa a second carriage-road

struck off to the left, and at the entrance to it stood a young,

stout s

"The chauffeur?" asked Hanaud "I will speak to him"