George continued: "You have until nine o'clock, have you not? That limit
of time passed, you can no longer enter a private dwelling to prove
adultery."
"No, sir; seven o'clock in winter, nine o'clock from the 31st March. It
is the 5th of April, so we have till nine o'clock.
"Very well, Mr. Commissionary, I have a cab downstairs; we can take the
officers who will accompany you, and wait a little before the door. The
later we arrive the best chance we have of catching them in the act."
"As you like, sir."
The commissary left the room, and then returned with an overcoat, hiding
his tri-colored sash. He drew back to let Du Roy pass out first. But the
journalist, who was preoccupied, declined to do so, and kept saying:
"After you, sir, after you."