his head fell. Be it accident or some peculiar phenomenon of
the vitality, it rebounded and rolled beyond the circle of the
scaffolding, and they will still tell you at Bourg, that Hyvert's
head spoke.


Before I had finished reading I had decided to abandon Rene d'Argonne
for the Companions of Jehu. On the morrow I came down with my
travelling bag under my arm.

"You are leaving?" said Alexandre to me.

"Yes."

"Where are you going?"

"To Bourg, in Bresse."

"What are you going to do there?"

"Study the neighborhood and consult with the inhabitants who saw
Lepretre, Amiet, Guyon and Hyvert executed."

* * * * *

There are two roads to Bourg--from Paris, of course; one may
leave the train at Macon, and take stage from Macon to Bourg,
or, continuing as far as Lyons, take train again from Lyons to
Bourg.