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When I shall have established the fact that he was hired to murder M. Champcey, he will tell me by whom he was hired; and he will have to confess that he was thus hired, when I show him how much of the money he received for the purpose is now left." The old surgeon once more jumped up from his chair. "What!" he said, "you have found Crochard's treasure?" "No," replied the lawyer, "not yet; but"
"We were at a loss to understand Crochard's connection with Drouet," M. Pigot continued. "Drouet, while a mere hanger-on of the cafés of the boulevards, was not a criminal. Then came the death of that creature Morel, in an effort to gain possession of this cabinet, and we began to understand.
Never would a stranger who should have suddenly come into Daniel's chamber, upon seeing Crochard's attitude, have imagined that the wretch was accused of a capital crime, and was standing there before a magistrate, in presence of the man whom he had tried three times to assassinate.
Yes, I shall manage to wait, although I suffer like" The surgeon was evidently deeply touched. "I know what you suffer, my poor Champcey," he said; "I read that letter which came much nearer killing you than Crochard's ball. I think in a month you will be able to sail." "A month!" said Daniel in a tone as if he had said an age. And after a pause he added,
"Ha! ha!" exclaimed Cerizet, "bad for Toupillier, because, having to do with a man of your calibre " "Charles Crochard's first object on being liberated was vengeance on Toupillier, and his first step was to denounce him to the police as receiver of the stolen property.
And still, by a prodigious effort of his will, his convalescence pursued its normal, steady way in spite of so many contrary influences. A fortnight after Crochard's confession, Daniel could get up; he spent the afternoon in an arm-chair, and was even able to take a few steps in his chamber.
The chief surgeon was electrified; he rose, and said, "I understand; yes, I understand." Thus proceeding from one point to another, and by the unaided power of his sagacity, coupled with indefatigable activity, the magistrate had succeeded in establishing Crochard's guilt, and the existence of accomplices who had instigated the crime.
He must be a cool swindler, brimful of cunning and astuteness, familiar with all the tricks of criminal courts, and not so easily overcome. It will be no child's play, I am sure, to prove that he was the instigator of Crochard's crimes, and that he has hired him with his own money. Ah! There will be lively discussions and curious incidents." Daniel listened, quite bewildered.
Then, as a suspicion suddenly flashed through Crochard's mind, he exclaimed, "Ah, the brigand! Why did he urge me never to write to him otherwise than 'to be called for'?" The magistrate had turned to his clerk. "Go down," he said, "and see if any of the merchants in town have a Paris Directory." The clerk went off like an arrow, and appeared promptly back again with the volume in question.
Madame Crochard's maid did not know that the pretty lady at whose house her mistress so often dined was her daughter, and she was one of the first to suggest the services of a confessor, in the hope that this priest might be at least as useful to herself as to the sick woman.
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