CHAPTER 39Upon returning to our inn I explained as best I could thehistory of this unfortunate acquaintance; but whether my companionwas not at all satisfied by what I told her, or whether she mayperhaps have been exceedingly annoyed by my virtuous performancewhich deprived her of an adventure wherefrom she might have earnedmuch, she waggled her tongue, the effects of which were only tooplainly revealed by Bertrand's remarks upon the occasion of thedeplorable catastrophe I am going to relate to you in a moment;however, the monk never did reappear, and we left Lyon. Having quitthe city late, we could get no further than Villefranche that day,and there we stopped for the night; 'twas in that town, Madame,there took place the horrible event which today causes me to appearbefore you in a crimi
