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Updated: June 9, 2025
Mechanically, he counted eighteen rungs, while his eyes examined the crypt, where the glimmer of the candle struggled against the heavy darkness. But, at the bottom, his nostrils were assailed by one of those foul and violent smells which linger in the memory for many a long day. And, suddenly, a trembling hand seized him by the shoulder. "Well, what is it?" "B-beautrelet," stammered M. Filleul.
"I shall have to make up my mind and take a few precautions for my personal safety. If not, as they say " It was nine o'clock. He strolled about among the ruins and then lay down near the cloisters and closed his eyes. "Well, young man, are you satisfied with the results of your campaign?" It was M. Filleul. "Delighted, Monsieur le Juge d'Instruction." "By which you mean to say ?"
The deputy and the journalist drew nearer. M. de Gesvres and the two girls, impressed by Beautrelet's tranquil assurance, listened attentively. "You know the murderer's name?" "Yes." "And the place where he is concealed, perhaps?" "Yes." M. Filleul rubbed his hands. "What a piece of luck! This capture will do honor to my career. And can you make me these startling revelations now?"
And you see where that can lead you, into what mistakes and absurdities, when you are dealing with a man like Arsene Lupin. Holmlock Shears himself fell into the trap." "Arsene Lupin is dead." "No matter. His gang remains and the pupils of such a master are masters themselves." M. Filleul took Isidore by the arm and, leading him away: "Words, young man, words. Here is something of more importance.
M. Filleul smiled; he was accustomed to differences of opinion and sight in witnesses to one and the same fact: "So we have to do, on the one hand, with a man, the one in the drawing room, who is, at the same time, tall and short, stout and thin, and, on the other, with two men, those in the park, who are accused of removing from that drawing room objects which are still here!"
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