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It was the hour for exercise. "I was waiting for you, my dear boy," exclaimed Lupin, in his accustomed good humor. They went out together. As soon as they had disappeared at a turn in the corridor, two men entered the cell and commenced a minute examination of it. One was Inspector Dieuzy; the other was Inspector Folenfant.

The exact wording of the messages exchanged between the prisoner and his mysterious friend, the means by which correspondence was constructed, the complicity of the police, the promenade on the Boulevard Saint Michel, the incident at the cafe Soufflot, everything was disclosed. It was known that the search of the restaurant and its waiters by Inspector Dieuzy had been fruitless.

He turned the handle to the left; then to the right. It yielded and unscrewed. The knife was hollow, and served as a hiding-place for a sheet of paper. "Peuh!" he said, "that is not very clever for a man like Arsene. But we mustn't lose any time. You, Dieuzy, go and search the restaurant." Then he read the note: "I trust to you, H-P will follow at a distance every day. I will go ahead.

From his point of view there was neither complicity nor chance. Baudru was an instrument upon which Arsene Lupin had played with his extraordinary skill. Baudru, when set at liberty, would lead them to Arsene Lupin or, at least, to some of his accomplices. The two inspectors, Folenfant and Dieuzy, were assigned to assist Ganimard.

Dudouis returned to the prison in the evening, accompanied by Inspector Dieuzy. Three empty plates were sitting on the stove in the corner. "He has eaten?" "Yes," replied the guard. "Dieuzy, please cut that macaroni into very small pieces, and open that bread-roll....Nothing?" "No, chief." Mon. Dudouis examined the plates, the fork, the spoon, and the knife an ordinary knife with a rounded blade.

They raised every stone, ransacked the bed, did everything customary in such a case, but they discovered nothing, and were about to abandon their investigation when the guard entered hastily and said: "The drawer....look in the table-drawer. When I entered just now he was closing it." They opened the drawer, and Dieuzy exclaimed: "Ah! we have him this time." Folenfant stopped him. "Wait a moment.