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"Of course I do. He proposed to divide Vendome and its suburbs into a certain number of circles, and to make a house-to-house visitation in each of them. Let him go to work in this manner. Of course, to do so, you will require a guide." "Of course we should require such a person." "Here, Catenac, I must leave a little to chance, for I am not quite omnipotent.
We will get hold of the whole gang, and neither Van Klopen nor Catenac will escape. Just now the latter is travelling about with the Duke de Champdoce and a fellow named Perpignan, and two of my sweet lads are close upon them, and send in almost hourly reports of what is going on. My trap has a tempting bait, the spring is strong, and we shall catch every one of them.
"I have thought of that before," returned he; "but what can be done?" "I will find out," said Catenac. "Jean has the most implicit confidence in me, and I will question him."
You have a gardener at your house at Champigny, and suppose the idea seized upon this worthy man to dig up the ground round the wall at the end of the garden." "That is enough," said Catenac, piteously. "I give in." Mascarin adjusted his spectacles, as he always did in important moments. "You give in, do you? Not a bit. Even now you are endeavoring to find a means of parrying my home thrusts."
There you will find that in September, 1857, there passed through the place a troupe of travelling performers, consisting of nine persons, with the caravans, under the management of a man known as Vigoureux, nicknamed the Grasshopper." Catenac rapidly jotted down these items. "Not so fast," said he; "I cannot follow you." After a short pause, Mascarin continued.
With a frank and genial smile Catenac obeyed; but in his heart were anger and an abject feeling of alarm. "What is it that is so important?" asked he. Mascarin had risen and locked the door. When he had resumed his seat he said, "The facts are very simple. Hortebise and I have decided to put our great plan into execution, which we have as yet only discussed generally with you.
"The Duke de Champdoce will then drag you off to our mutual friend Martin Rigal, and there you will find our young protégé, the happy husband of the beautiful Flavia." Mascarin drew himself up, and adjusted his glasses firmly on his nose. "Now, my dear Catenac, show the liberality and amiability of your disposition by congratulating our friend Paul as Gontran, Marquis de Champdoce."
It seemed to him that if Catenac had been desirous of imprisoning Rose, it was because she was in the way, and her presence disturbed certain combinations. Before, however, he could work out his line of deduction, Gaston's shrill voice was heard upon the stairs, and in another moment he made his appearance. "Place for the banquet," said he; "make way for the lordly feast."
The Duke worked hard to make up for the deficiencies of his early education, and made a name and reputation throughout Europe." "And how about Madame de Mussidan?" asked Catenac. "I am coming to that," returned Mascarin.
"But even if you were to give us what you propose, you would still have eleven hundred thousand francs remaining!" Catenac burst into a pleasant laugh. "You are jesting," said he. "I can prove the correctness of my assertion;" and as he spoke, Mascarin unlocked a drawer, and taking a small notebook from it, turned over the pages, and leaving it open at a certain place, handed it to the lawyer.
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