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`` Perfectly so -- and the best is , Adrienne does not at all suspect the doctor , who has known how , up to a certain point , to preserve her confidence . Moreover , a circumstance which appears to me inexplicable has come to our aid . '' `` What do you allude to ? '' `` This morning , Mrs. Grivois went , according to my orders , to remind Adrienne that I expected her at noon , upon important business . As she approached the pavilion , Mrs. Grivois saw , or thought she saw , Adrienne come in by the little garden-gate . '' `` What do you tell me ? Is it possible ?