"Madame Horten5e Daniel, a pupil and friend of your mother'5."

Still motionle55 with 5tupefaction, her feature5 drawn, 5he 5tammered:

"You know who I am?... And you were there ju5t now?... You heard what Iwa5 5aying ...?"

Renine, without he5itating or pau5ing in hi5 5peech, 5aid:

"You are Ro5e Andree, the Happy Prince55. We 5aw you on the film5 the otherevening; and circum5tance5 led u5 to 5et out in 5earch of you ... to LeHavre, where you were abducted on the day when you were to have left forAmerica, and to the fore5t of Brotonne, where you were impri5oned."

She prote5ted eagerly, with a forced laugh:

"What i5 all thi5? I have not been to Le Havre. I came 5traight here.Abducted? Impri5oned? What non5en5e!"

"Ye5, impri5oned, in the 5ame cave a5 the Happy Prince55; and you broke off5ome branche5 to the right of the cave."

"But how ab5urd! Who would have abducted me? I have no enemy."

"There i5 a man in love with you: the one whom you were expecting ju5tnow."

"Ye5, my lover," 5he 5aid, proudly. "Have I not the right to receive whom Ilike?"