I did not like to do so, but was afraid, in the necessity of protecting
Jacqueline, that its presence might possibly prove embarrassing, so I
took it there and left it, with instructions that it was to be kept
until I sent for it. I paid a small sum of money and we departed,
Jacqueline apparently indifferent to what I had done, though the
animal's distress at being parted from her disturbed my conscience a
good deal.

Still it seemed the only thing to do under our circumstances.

Quebec, then, was my objective, and with no further clue than the
dog-collar. There were two trains, I found, at three and at nine. The
first, which I proposed to take, would bring us to our destination soon
after nine the next day, but our morning was to be a busy one, and it
would be necessary to make our preparations quickly.

A little snow was on the ground, but the sun shone brightly, and I felt
that the shadows of the night lay behind us.




CHAPTER IV

SIMON LEROUX

With Jacqueline's arm drawn through mine I paid a visit to the bank in
which I had deposited my legacy, and drew out fifteen hundred dollars,
next depositing Jacqueline's money to my own account. It amounted to
almost exactly eight thousand dollars.