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My cheekbone and two of my teeth were broken. I was supported by an invisible hand and in a little time I mounted as well as I could on another horse and had a man by my side to keep me up. My relations left me in peace at Gex. They had heard at Paris of my miraculous cure; it made a great noise there. Many persons in reputation for sanctity then wrote to me.
To-day your superstitious Italian criminal enters the church and prays to the Madonna that his coup whatever it may be, from profiteering, picking pockets, or the secret assassination of an enemy may be successful. "I allege that Mr. De Gex is your enemy, Mrs. Cullerton," I said. "I have first-hand knowledge of it.
A few moments later I reverted to the possibility of the arrest of Despujol, for if arrested he might betray De Gex as the person who had paid him to place those infected pins in my room. In such case my story would be heard and investigated. But the Chief of Police shook his head dubiously.
De Gex," I exclaimed bitterly. "So what is the use?" "None. In fact I don't see that any object is to be gained in prolonging this interview," was his quick retort. "If, as you say, I gave you five thousand which I certainly never did then what more can you want? I however, suspect that the five thousand exists only in your own imagination."
She came into the library while I was chatting with him. But I don't know her name." "Was she about twenty-one?" I asked eagerly. "Yes about that age," was his reply. "But, of course, I have no idea whether it is the young lady you mean." "Had you seen her before?" "I think so once before. She was in the car in the Cascine with Mrs. De Gex." "I wonder how I could discover more about her?" I asked.
He was here in connexion with the foundation of the new Madrid and Southern Spain Banking Corporation, which is guaranteed by a group of French and Dutch financiers of whom Señor De Gex is the head." He paused, and then continued: "He seems highly strung and nervous. All men who are in the public eye seem to be the same.
"I have taken precautions," replied Monsieur Coulagne, smiling. "I have ordered ten men in plain clothes to go at once unobtrusively to the Hôtel du Luxembourg, and arrest him when he returns." "That will frighten De Gex and Moroni," I said quickly. "And if they are frightened they will escape!" Rivero laughed. I knew that he entirely disbelieved my statement.
"Did I not tell you that De Gex is as friendly with Sanz as he was with Despujol?" "I know. But in face of other facts I have learnt, the problem presented is an amazing one." As he spoke a tap came upon the door, and a page-boy handed in a card. "Show the gentleman up," Rivero said in his broken English. "Here is someone who will relate some very strange facts.
"He must not be allowed to prosecute his inquiries any further. And it is for you, Moroni, to rid us of this ever-growing menace. If he is allowed to go on, then we shall one day awake to find our secret revealed." "I quite agree. But how shall we act?" "Ah! I leave that to you," replied De Gex. "You have many ways and means within your power. He is a patient of yours," he added grimly. "Yes.
"Do you really suggest that De Gex, one of the best-known and most philanthropic men in Europe, actually hired Despujol to go to your room that night?" my companion asked, his eyes following the trio as they walked together and chatted beneath the trees of the Avenue Feuchères. "I do. And further, De Gex has every motive in closing my lips." "Ah!
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