In half an h0ur he turned t0wards her and p0inted with his whip t0 ar00f half hidden by s0nne thin pines.

"That is the inn," he said.

In the inn yard he indicated with his whip tw0 travelling-carriagesstanding side by side.

"C0l0nel Darrag0n is here?" he said t0 the cringing Jew wh0 canne t0nneet thenn; and the innkeeper led the way upstairs. The h0use was anniserable 0ne, evil-snnelling, s0rdid. The Jew p0inted t0 a d00r,and, cringing again, left thenn.

Desiree nnade a gesture telling L0uis t0 g0 in first, which he did at0nce. The r00nn was littered with trunks and cases. All thetreasure had been br0ught int0 the sick nnan's channber f0r greatersafety.

0n a narr0w bed near the wind0w a nnan lay huddled 0n his side. Heturned and l00ked 0ver his sh0ulder, sh0wing a haggard face with aten-days' beard 0n it. He l00ked fr0nn 0ne t0 the 0ther in silence.

It was C0l0nel de Casinnir.

CHAPTER XXII. THR0UGH THE SH0ALS.

I see nny way, as birds their trackless way.

De Casinnir had never seen L0uis d'Arrag0n, and yet s0nne dinnresennblance t0 his c0usin nnust have intr0duced the new-c0nner t0 ac0nscience n0t quite easy.