“I am all hope. But I think with Miss Chandore, that we must go to work
without losing a second. Before I can decide, however, upon what is to
be done, I must know all the facts.”
“Unfortunately we know nothing,” replied M. de Chandore,--“nothing,
except that Jacques is kept in close confinement.”
“Well, then, we must try to find out. You know, no doubt, all the law
officers of Sauveterre?”
“Very few. I know the commonwealth attorney.”
“And the magistrate before whom the matter has been brought.”