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"I would ask you, monsieur," interrupted the detective, "to furnish me with a ladder and a lantern." "What! do you require a ladder and a lantern?" "Certainly, or I shouldn't have asked for them." Devanne, somewhat disconcerted by this crude logic, rang the bell. The two articles were given with the sternness and precision of military commands.
At first, they descended twelve steps, then twelve more, and, farther on, two other flights of twelve steps each. Then they walked through a long passageway, the brick walls of which showed the marks of successive restorations, and, in spots, were dripping with water. The earth, also, was very damp. "We are passing under the pond," said Devanne, somewhat nervously.
"Laugh as much as you please, monsieur," said Father Gelis, "but I am confident the solution is contained in those two sentences, and some day we will find a man able to interpret them." "Sherlock Holmes is the man," said Mon. Devanne, "unless Arsene Lupin gets ahead of him. What is your opinion, Velmont?"
Devanne welcomed them with his usual gayety; for, no matter how much chagrin he might suffer from the loss of his artistic treasures, his great wealth enabled him to bear his loss philosophically. His guests, Monsieur and Madame d'Androl and Miss Nelly, were introduced; and it was then noticed that one of the expected guests had not arrived. It was Horace Velmont. Would he come?
The line which represents the passage on the charts ends here, with a small circle marked with the letters `T.G., which no doubt stand for `Tour Guillaume. But the tower is round, and who can tell the exact spot at which the passage touches the tower?" Devanne lighted a second cigar and poured himself a glass of Benedictine.
In the chart in the book of the National Library, the drawing terminates at the left, as you know, in a circle, and at the right, as you do not know, in a cross. Now, that cross must refer to the chapel in which we now stand." Poor Devanne could not believe his ears. It was all so new, so novel to him. He exclaimed: "It is incredible, miraculous, and yet of a childish simplicity!
Sherlock Holmes said, coolly: "You are not hurt?" "No, no," said Devanne, as he rose to his feet, "not hurt, only bewildered. I can't understand now....those letters turn....the secret passage opens...." "Certainly. Doesn't that agree exactly with the formula given by Sully? Turn one eye on the bee that shakes, the other eye will lead to God." "But Louis the sixteenth?" asked Devanne.
"Oh! like everyone else, from photographs, no two of which are alike, but each of them leaves the impression of a face.... something like yours." Horace Velmont displayed some vexation. "Quite so, my dear Devanne. And, believe me, you are not the first one who has noticed it."
How is it that no one has ever solved the mystery?" "Because no one has ever united the essential elements, that is to say, the two books and the two sentences. No one, but Arsene Lupin and myself." "But, Father Gelis and I knew all about those things, and, likewise " Holmes smiled, and said: "Monsieur Devanne, everybody cannot solve riddles."
"To-morrow afternoon at four o'clock, Sherlock Holmes, the famous English detective, for whom such a thing as mystery does not exist; Sherlock Holmes, the most remarkable solver of enigmas the world has ever known, that marvelous man who would seem to be the creation of a romantic novelist Sherlock Holmes will be my guest!" Immediately, Devanne was the target of numerous eager questions.
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