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Updated: June 15, 2025
"I don't know," said the girl, unconscious as to what he was referring to. "I know you, I have seen you often on deck who is the other man? Oh, is it possible that we are the only people left?" Bompard, without replying, swung his head round, then he rose and came over the thwarts. He caught La Touche by the leg. "Gaston rouse up the lady is alive. It's me. Bompard."
As a result of his indulgence a circular was issued shortly after the trial by M. Fallieres, then Minister of Justice, limiting the powers of presidents of assize in admitting visitors into the reserved part of the court. The proceedings at the trial added little to the known facts of the case. Both Eyraud and Bompard continued to endeavour to shift the blame on to each other's shoulders.
The great, far-distant brutes instead of fighting seemed resting and sunning themselves and the girl, rising up, came along in their direction. She had forgotten Bompard and La Touche. She reached the river which was spating from the recent rains, but great flat-topped rocks made it always possible to cross; she crossed it.
She drew the knife from its sheath and held the eight inches of razor sharp steel balanced in her hand for a moment as though admiring it. Then she replaced it in the sheath and started towards the Lizard Point. From the highest shoulder of the point she could see La Touche clambering over the seaward rocks. He seemed more in search of shells and seaweed than of Bompard.
There she soon recovered her spirits, which had at no time been very gravely depressed by her critical situation. According to Eyraud's letters, if anyone knew anything about Gouffe's murder, it was Gabrielle Bompard; according to the woman's statement, it was Eyraud, and Eyraud alone, who had committed it.
Bompard and La Touche on this little expedition had discovered a water source only a quarter of a mile inland, a deep pond cut in the rocks and fed by the rains. Bompard referred to it as he ate. "But as long as the boat holds together," said he, "we don't want to bother about water; she'll catch and hold all we want. I've heard tell it rains here months on end."
I must leave you to yourselves for ten minutes whilst I write an important letter." "All right, but don't be long," came in merry response. "Not longer than I can help," rejoined Heriot. "I want my revenge against Bompard, remember. He did fleece me last night." "Hurry on, then," said one of the men. "I'll play Desgas that return game of dominoes until then."
The beach seemed to say to her: "Come out and look!" and she came out and looked, and the line of foam and the wheeling or stalking gulls held her for a moment as though saying a moment, a moment more and you will see something. They will come. Any moment now you may see Bompard crossing the rocks. La Touche is not in that cave, he is here, everywhere.
The forward locker was now empty, she hunted in the others and discovered two more Maconochie tins that Bompard had overlooked, some cotton waste, a roll of thick copper wire and a bradawl. She collected the lot and brought them up to the cave before which her companions were seated.
It had come to her that in this place it was better to be armed and she determined always to wear it. But no sounds of quarrelling followed her, only the quarrelling of the gulls, and half a mile away, looking back, she saw that the men had separated. La Touche was standing by the boat and Bompard was walking towards the Lizard point.
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