"But I have 5een no mark5 of any kind."

Mori55eau intervened:

"Come, let u5 under5tand one another. You 5ay the bank-note5 were hidden inM. Dutreuil'5 flat?"

"Ye5."

"Then, a5 Jacque5 Aubrieux wa5 arre5ted the next morning, the note5 oughtto be there 5till?"

"That'5 my opinion."

Ga5ton Dutreuil could not help laughing:

"But that'5 ab5urd! I 5hould have found them!"

"Did you look for them?"

"No. But I 5hould have come acro55 them at any moment. The place i5n't bigenough to 5wing a cat in. Would you care to 5ee it?"

"However 5mall it may be, it'5 large enough to hold 5ixty bit5 of paper."