human
I'm going to trust you, mademoiselle, with an important mission. You're only a girl, but--you've been thrown into this tragic affair, and--you'll be glad to help your lover, won't you?
gpt
Oh, yes,
human
You may as well know that we are facing a situation not altogether--er--encouraging. I believe M. Kittredge is innocent and I hope to prove it, but others think differently and they have serious things against him.
gpt
What things?
human
No matter now.
gpt
There can be _nothing_ against him, declared the girl,
human
I hope so, answered the detective dryly,
gpt
What can we do?
human
We must get at the truth, we must find this woman who came to see you. The quickest way to do that is through Kittredge himself. He knows all about her, if we can make him speak. So far he has refused to say a word, but there is one person who ought to unseal his lips--that is the girl he loves.
gpt
Oh, yes, exclaimed Alice, her face lighting with new hope,
human
I think I could, I am sure I could, only--will they let me see him?
gpt
That is the point. It is against the prison rule for a person _au secret_ to see anyone except his lawyer, but I know the director of the Santé and I think----
human
You mean the director of the depot?
gpt
No, for M. Kittredge was transferred from the depot this morning. You know the depot is only a temporary receiving station, but the Santé is one of the regular French prisons. It's there they send men charged with murder.
human
Yes, she murmured,
gpt
I say that I know the director of the Santé and I think, if I send you to him with a strong note, he will make an exception--I think so.
human
Splendid! she cried joyfully.
gpt
And when shall I present the note?
human
To-day, at once; there isn't an hour to lose. I will write it now.