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"In which case," Peter replied, "I am certainly committed to being your companion. The only question is whether one shall fall to the decoy and suffer oneself to be led in the direction her companion desires, or whether we shall go blundering into trouble on our own account with your friend the ex-detective."
Albert did not shrink from his scrutiny, but the ex-detective deemed it prudent to set matters right at the start by a formal introduction of his employer; he, therefore, motioned to Albert to follow him and walked up to the German, offering him his hand, which the latter shook cordially. The Captain now stood beside Waldmann in front of the counter and Mange presented him without delay.
"I knew naught about him." "He was an ex-detective," said the bank-manager. "Pensioned off, of course: a nice pension. He told me he'd had I believe it was getting on to forty years' service in the police force. Dear, dear, this is a sad business and I'm afraid I can tell you a bit more about it." "What?" demanded Mallalieu, showing surprise in spite of himself.
"How like a Frenchman," he exclaimed, "to take no account of seasons! Never mind, Marquis, you shall give your order and I will sketch the waiter's face. By the bye, if you're in earnest about this expedition to-night, put your revolver into your pocket." "But we 're going with an ex-detective," Sogrange replied. "One never knows," Peter said, carelessly.
A criminal class exists as a matter of course. To-night we make our bow to it." "And by what means?" Peter inquired. "Our friend the hall porter," Sogrange continued, "has given me the card of an ex-detective who will be our escort. He calls for us to-night, or rather, to-morrow morning, at one o'clock. Then, behold! the wand is waved, the land of adventures opens before us." Peter grunted.
"I grant it; but Mazagan far exceeded his instructions, as he did at Zante." "How much money did the Pacha offer Mazagan to obtain the persons mentioned?" "Twenty thousand dollars, or a hundred thousand francs; but that is a bagatelle to him. The Pacha is another man now," added the ex-detective impressively. "How long has he been another man?" asked Captain Ringgold with something like a sneer.
As Albert did not know what name Danglars had assumed and was unwilling to give the ex-detective his true cognomen, the latter had nothing to guide him in this respect. Neither was the Captain cognizant of the changes that time and his mode of life had wrought in the former banker's personal appearance, so he could only describe him as he had looked in the years gone by.
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