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He rose, transferred the pocket-book to the coat he was wearing, picked up the bomb, came out into the smoking-room, and listened. A muffled roaring thumping came from the well of the lift. It almost sounded as if, in their exasperation, Guerchard and Dieusy were engaged in a struggle to the death. Smiling pleasantly, he stole to the window and looked out.
"Was it before the fireplace?" "No; it was on one side the left-hand side," said Victoire. "Oh, will you show me exactly where it stood?" said Guerchard. Victoire rose, and, Guerchard aiding her, set the screen on the left-hand side of the fireplace. Guerchard stepped back and looked at it. "Now, this is very important," he said. "I must have the exact position of the four feet of that screen.
The afternoon wore away, and at half-past seven Guerchard had not returned. M. Formery waited for him, fuming, for ten minutes, then left the house in charge of the inspector, and went off to his engagement. M. Gournay-Martin was entertaining two financiers and their wives, two of their daughters, and two friends of the Duke, the Baron de Vernan and the Comte de Vauvineuse, at dinner that night.
Here you are!" said Lupin bitterly; and he held out his wrists. Guerchard snapped the handcuffs on them with a grunt of satisfaction. Lupin gazed down at them with a bitter face, and said: "Oh, you are in luck! You're not married by any chance?" "Yes, yes; I am," said Guerchard hastily; and he went quickly to the door and opened it: "Dieusy!" he called. "Dieusy!
Once more he stretched himself out on the couch, and added languidly, "I'm lunching at the English Embassy." "Now, you be careful!" cried Guerchard angrily. "Our parts are changed. If you're snatching at a last straw, it's waste of time. All your tricks I know them. Understand, you rogue, I know them." "You know them?" said Lupin with a smile, rising. "It's fatality!"
"It's probable that the burglars came in and went away by this ladder." "Thank you," said Guerchard. "They have even left this card-table on the window-sill," said the policeman; and he patted the card-table with his other powerful hand. "Thank you, thank you," said Guerchard. "They don't think it's Lupin's work at all," said the policeman.
He had resumed his flippant, light-hearted air; his voice rang as lightly and pleasantly as if he had not a care in the world. "Do you mean that you refuse to come?" cried Guerchard in a rough, threatening tone. "Oh, no," said Lupin quickly: and he rose. "Then come along!" said Guerchard. "No," said Lupin, "after all, it's too early."
"I do," said Guerchard triumphantly. "Where is she?" said Lupin, in a tone of utter incredulity. "In a small hotel near the Star. The hotel has a telephone; and you can make sure," said Guerchard. "Indeed? That's very interesting. What's the number of it?" said Lupin, in a mocking tone.
M. Formery turned to him and said, "You must admit that it was materially impossible for me to see her." "It was possible if you went down on all fours," said Guerchard. "On all fours?" said M. Formery. "Yes; on all fours you could see her heels sticking out beyond the mattress," said Guerchard simply.
Guerchard staggered to his feet and cried hoarsely, frantically: "Stop him from leaving the house! Follow him! Arrest him! Catch him before he gets home!" The cold light of the early September morning illumined but dimly the charming smoking-room of the Duke of Charmerace in his house at 34 B, University Street, though it stole in through two large windows.
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