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"Must I explain to you what steps the authorities have taken in the matter?" "Not at all. I have read the newspapers and I will frankly state that you have made very little progress." "And that is the reason I have come to see you." "I am entirely at your service." "In the first place, the Cahorn affair was managed by you?" "From A to Z." "The letter of warning? the telegram?" "All mine.
For ten years, it was just this district which he parcelled out for his purposes, as though he had his haunt in the very centre of the region with which, the legend of the Hollow Needle was most closely connected. The affair of Baron Cahorn? Or the banks of the Seine, between Rouen and the Havre. The Seven of Hearts, by Maurice Leblanc. II; Arsene Lupin in Prison The Thibermenil case?
"My faith " "Better not count on them. I will telegraph for two of my men to help me. And now, go! It is better for us not to be seen together. Tomorrow evening about nine o'clock." The following day the date fixed by Arsene Lupin Baron Cahorn arranged all his panoply of war, furbished his weapons, and, like a sentinel, paced to and fro in front of the castle. He saw nothing, heard nothing.
They open the lining of my vest, they examine the soles of my shoes, they sound the walls of my cell, but they never imagine that Arsene Lupin would be foolish enough to choose such a simple hiding place." Ganimard laughed, as he said: "What a droll fellow you are! Really, you bewilder me. But, come now, tell me about the Cahorn affair." "Oh! oh! not quite so fast!
My friend accepts and summons two members of our band, who, during the night, whilst Cahorn is under the watchful eye of his protector, removes certain articles by way of the window and lowers them with ropes into a nice little launch chartered for the occasion. Simple, isn't it?" "Marvelous! Marvelous!" exclaimed Ganimard.
It had no particular taste and no odor. "Come," he said, "we are wasting our time here. One can't decide an Arsene Lupin problem in five minutes. But, morbleau! I swear I will catch him again." The same day, a charge of burglary was duly performed by Baron Cahorn against Arsene Lupin, a prisoner in the Prison de la Sante.
Now, let us discuss together a scheme for the robbery of the Malaquis castle. Are you willing?" "Yes, proceed." "Well, let us suppose a castle carefully closed and barricaded like that of the Baron Cahorn. "Evidently not." "Should I make an assault upon the castle at the head of a band of adventurers as they did in ancient times?" "That would be foolish."
First, let me fix in my mind the circumstances of this particular case....Ah! yes, now I have it. The Cahorn affair, Malaquis castle, Seine-Inferieure....Two Rubens, a Watteau, and a few trifling articles." "Trifling!" "Oh! ma foi, all that is of slight importance. But it suffices to know that the affair interests you. How can I serve you, Ganimard?"
"The editor will announce in the `Reveil' the presence in Caudebec of said detective." "Exactly; and one of two things will happen: either the fish I mean Cahorn will not bite, and nothing will happen; or, what is more likely, he will run and greedily swallow the bait. Thus, behold my Baron Cahorn imploring the assistance of one of my friends against me." "Original, indeed!"
At that time, Arsene Lupin did not enjoy the celebrity which the Cahorn affair, his escape from the Prison de la Sante, and other brilliant exploits, afterwards gained for him. He had not even used the name of Arsene Lupin. The name was specially invented to designate the rescuer of Mon. Imbert; that is to say, it was in that affair that Arsene Lupin was baptized.
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