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Ganimard was here! and he always keeps his business secret." "Then you think he will arrest Arsene Lupin?" "Who can tell? The unexpected always happens when Arsene Lupin is concerned in the affair." "Oh!" she exclaimed, with that morbid curiosity peculiar to women, "I should like to see him arrested." "You will have to be patient.
Ganimard felt his hair stand on end in horror and surprise. It was that laugh, that infernal laugh he knew so well! With a sudden movement, he seized the man by the collar and looked at him with a keen, penetrating gaze; and found that he no longer saw the man Baudru. To be sure, he saw Baudru; but, at the same time, he saw the other, the real man, Lupin.
I should be quite contented if they would allow me to live in my own quiet way." "On other people's money." "Quite so. That would be so simple. But here, I am joking, and you are, no doubt, in a hurry. So let us come to business, Ganimard. To what do I owe the honor of this visit? "The Cahorn affair," declared Ganimard, frankly. "Ah! Wait, one moment. You see I have had so many affairs!
Arsene Lupin, caught in a trap, arrested, meant immediate promotion, fortune, glory to any examining magistrate! Ganimard had not moved a limb. Isidore said to him: "You agree with me, do you not, M. Inspector?" "Of course I do!" "You have not doubted either, for a moment have you, that he managed this business?" "Not for a second! The thing bears his signature.
"Yes, yes, it does! Look at the door. You see it's strengthened, at each corner, with a triangular slab of iron; and the slabs are fixed with big nails. Take the left-hand bottom slab and work the nail in the corner: I'll lay ten to one we've hit the mark." "You've lost your bet," said Ganimard, after trying. "Then the figure 44 must mean "
It's just a solid block of iron." "We are done," said Ganimard. "There's not even a lock to it." "Exactly. That's what gives me hope." "Why?" "A door is made to open; and, as this one has no lock, that means that there is a secret way of opening it." "And, as we don't know the secret " "I shall know it in a minute." "How?" "By means of the document.
Do you think I am going to bother myself about such a silly story as that!" "How much do you ask to pass tomorrow night in the castle?" "Not a sou. Now, leave me alone." "Name your own price. I am rich and can pay it." This offer disconcerted Ganimard, who replied, calmly: "I am here on a vacation. I have no right to undertake such work." "No one will know. I promise to keep it secret."
From his point of view there was neither complicity nor chance. Baudru was an instrument upon which Arsene Lupin had played with his extraordinary skill. Baudru, when set at liberty, would lead them to Arsene Lupin or, at least, to some of his accomplices. The two inspectors, Folenfant and Dieuzy, were assigned to assist Ganimard.
He has baffled Ganimard, Holmlock Shears, the great English detective, and even Guerchard, whom everybody says is the greatest detective we've had in France since Vidocq. In fact, he's our national robber. Do you mean to say you don't know him?" "Not even enough to ask him to lunch at a restaurant," said the Duke flippantly. "What's he like?" "Like? Nobody has the slightest idea.
My friend accepts and summons two members of our band, who, during the night, whilst Cahorn is under the watchful eye of his protector, removes certain articles by way of the window and lowers them with ropes into a nice little launch chartered for the occasion. Simple, isn't it?" "Marvelous! Marvelous!" exclaimed Ganimard.
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