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If your lordship will produce de Courtois's letters, cablegrams, and wireless messages to yourself and your confederate, Count Ladislas Vassilan, he will begin to appreciate the true bearing of a rather intricate inquiry." It was a chance shot, but it went home.
I don't think so." "Pardon me," objected Lecoq, gently. "It seems to me that Mademoiselle Courtois's supposed suicide proves at least something." "That needs clearing up. This coincidence can only be a matter of pure chance."
And as Curtis descended to the foyer to summon their waiting guests he decided then and there not to mar the festivities by any explanations concerning Jean de Courtois's second time on earth. Steingall had practically settled the question by confining the Frenchman to his room for the remainder of the night. Why interfere with an admirable arrangement?
His words seemed to imply that neither he nor Rossi meant to do other than maim the journalist whom they regarded as de Courtois's dangerous helper; but he did not urge the plea. Perhaps he felt that when a Hungarian uses a knife, a trifling error in the matter of direction is pardonable.
"Yes. Mr. Devar and I accompanied him to de Courtois's room, and set the rascal free." "That settles it," said the roundsman emphatically. "If the man with the camera eye has looked de Courtois over it is all up with the whole bunch. Are you listening, Anatole? This should be real lively hearing for you." "Monsieur de Courtois is a friend of mine," came the sullen response. "Oh, is he?
"Take me to Monsieur de Courtois's room," Said Steingall, after a momentary pause. "May I come with you?" inquired Curtis. "Why?" "I am deeply interested in de Courtois, and I may be able to help you in questioning him. I speak French well." "So do I," said Steingall. "But, come if you like." "For the love of Heaven, don't leave me out of this, Steingall," pleaded Devar.
"It means that she was contracting a marriage as a matter of form. Don't you see that this consideration, and this alone, made it possible for an impertinent outsider like Curtis to offer his services as de Courtois's substitute, while my misguided daughter was equally prepared to accept them?" "Ah!"
Run to the mairie," he added, turning to his servant, "and get a litter and two stout men." Dr. Gendron's presence being no longer necessary, he promised M. Plantat to rejoin him at Robelot's, and started off to inquire after M. Courtois's condition. Louis lost no time, and soon reappeared followed, not by two, but ten men. The body was placed on a litter and carried away.
Kindly show his lordship and me to Monsieur de Courtois's room at once." There was nothing for it but to obey. Krantz understood exactly how he would be jumped on and pulverized in the morning by irate stockholders in the hotel if any action of his should be adversely reported on by the great Otto Schmidt. But the visit to de Courtois fizzled out unexpectedly.
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