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Sitting up on the edge of his bed , some seconds elapsed before recollection went back to this event , and when it did , he simply said : `` I will now go and see my friend Belmont . '' Meantime , at M. Belmont 's the matter had advanced a stage or two . Batoche had found his way there after dismissing his associates , and , without disturbing the inmates , had entered by means of a private key given by his friend . He had gone to sleep at once , and it was eleven o'clock in the forenoon before he arose . His first step was to seek the presence of M. Belmont . To him he recounted the conversation he had had with Sieur Sarpy , and the singular part which Zulma had taken in it . M. Belmont listened with mingled surprise and concern .