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Updated: June 11, 2025
"No, I say.... It is I who have been giving you all the information and that, you know, is rather surprising.... You are the acting head of the Secret Service and you should have known all this. It's not my place to tell you what's going on at the Royal Palace." "M. Annion, nothing at all has happened." This reply threw M. Annion into a sudden fit of anger. "Is that so?
"May I ask why you think that?" "Certainly, Monsieur Annion. "You intend to arrest the false King because he is accused by the public of murder.... If he were the real King, would you be willing to arrest him without further proof?" "No ... naturally not ... but then he is an impostor, so that won't worry me." "Very good, Monsieur Annion, and now, suppose you have guessed wrong?
"Oh, a thing or two ... rather interesting." "And the diamond?" "Stolen, Chief, disappeared." "Stolen by Fantômas?" "Yes, by Fantômas." "It was you who arrested him?" "Hum! yes and no.... I was the cause of his arrest." "And the murder of Susy d'Orsel?" "It was committed by Fantômas." "You are sure of that?" "Certain, Chief." M. Annion rose and paced up and down in great excitement.
M. Annion took pity on his subordinate. "Before Juve left he had proved to me that the King was the real King; isn't that so?" "Yes." "But that doesn't alter the fact that the King is a murderer.... Juve suspected some court intrigue, that's why he left for Glotzbourg. Now what is our situation? We have a King who has committed murder, and we don't arrest him. But that is the least of my worries.
I suppose he's weeping over the death of his mistress. And now that fellow Juve has taken a hand in it! I tell you. Monsieur Vicart, we're in a nice fix!" While M. Annion was unburdening his mind to M. Vicart, Juve left the Ministry whistling a march, and hailed a cab to take him to the Rue Monceau.
"Well, M. Vicart?" "Well, M. Annion, that's all." "That's all!" replied M. Annion. "That's nothing! We've been talking for a quarter of an hour without getting anywhere or reaching any conclusion." "But, M. Annion...."
He's had lots of time since the death of Susy to slip quietly back to his own country.... That would have let us out ... instead of which he comes out in the limelight ... gets himself talked about ... a nice time to choose, I must say!" M. Annion was interrupted by the entrance of a clerk who handed him a visiting card. "Who is it now?... Ah ... show them in."
M. Annion looked through the papers and then continued: "When Vicart saw you this morning he forgot to give you some of the instructions I had charged him with.... I sent two of my men to the Royal Palace Hotel.... Do you know what they found?" "No, I haven't the least idea. There was nothing to learn at the Royal Palace itself." "On the contrary, they made an extraordinary discovery."
On arriving at the Rue Saussaies, Juve sent up his card to M. Annion and requested an immediate interview. In a few moments he was shown into M. Annion's office. "Well, what's new? What's the result of your investigation, Juve?" "There is nothing much to report yet. The theory of suicide is possible, although a crime may have been committed.
Juve sprang into his taxi and now hurried over to the Bois de Boulogne. Here the same result met him; the next station was Auteuil, then Vaugirard, la Glacière and Bel-Air. It was now eight o'clock, and his appointment with M. Annion was at eleven. What was to be done? On reaching Menilmontant Station, Juve had about decided to abandon the chase.
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