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Henfrey's object was to face me and demand an explanation." "Do you really think so?" gasped Hugh. "Of that I feel positive. Only Cataldi can prove it." "Why Cataldi?" inquired Hugh. "See him again and tell him what I have revealed to you," answered Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo. "Who was it who warned me against you by that letter posted in Tours?" "It was part of Howell's scheme, no doubt.
Therefore you may rest assured, Howell, that the hand that fired the shot was that of some person who desired to close Yvonne's mouth." "She might have held some secret concerning old Cataldi. Or, on his part, he might have cherished some grievance against her. Italians are usually very vindictive," replied the visitor.
But the true facts are that within three days of Mademoiselle's recovery of her mental balance, old Giulio Cataldi made a sworn statement to the police at Nice, and in consequence two gendarmes of the Department of Seine et Oise went one night to a small hotel at Provins, where they arrested the Englishman, Shaw, alias Howell, who had gone there in what he thought was safe hiding.
"No," he went on; "though old Cataldi could well have robbed his mistress, just as the maids could have done, and Yvonne would have been none the wiser, yet I do not think he would attempt to conceal his crime by shooting her, because by so doing he cut off all future supplies. If he were a thief he would not be such a fool.
"Why?" asked the man whose tentacles were, like an octopus, upon a hundred schemes, and as many criminal coups in Europe. He sought a solution of the problem, but nothing appeared forthcoming. He had strained every effort, but he could ascertain nothing. That Cataldi knew the key to the whole problem The Sparrow felt assured. Yet why did not the old fellow tell the truth?
A few minutes later the young man was announced. High words were heard by old Cataldi, and then a shot." "And Yvonne's bag?" "It was found where she had left it. In it were three thousand eight hundred francs, all in notes." "Yet Franklyn told me that he had heard how Yvonne won quite a large sum that night." "She might have done so and have lost the greater part of it," The Sparrow replied.
And in the meantime much can happen eh?" laughed Benton. "Lots. But one reassuring fact is that, as far as old Henfrey's fate is concerned, Mademoiselle's lips are closed. Whoever shot her did us a very good turn." "Of course. But I agree we must fix the guilt upon old Cataldi. He almost as good as admitted it by his face when I taxed him with it. Why not give him away to the Nice police?"
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The old fellow was out, but the elderly Italian woman who kept house for him said she expected him back at any moment. He was due to come off duty at the cafe where he was employed. So Hugh and his companion waited, examining the poorly-furnished little room. Now The Sparrow entertained a strong suspicion that Cataldi knew more of the tragedy at the Villa Amette than anyone else.
Their son, the Vicomte de Sartiges, has followed in his father's footsteps, and is one of the most serious and intelligent of the young diplomatists. Cataldi made himself very agreeable, spoke French perfectly well, though with a strong Italian accent.
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