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Lady Beltham faltered. "I beg you to excuse me, madame," the man began, "I came to " He caught sight of Gurn and pointed to him. "M. Valgrand knows me well. I am Charlot, his dresser at the theatre, and I came to I wanted to have a word stay " he took a small square parcel from his pocket. "M. Valgrand went off so hurriedly that he forgot his pocket-book, and so I came to bring it to him."
"I've searched all the furniture: and I went through all the parcels Gurn had done up before he left, and would, no doubt, have come back for at his leisure, had it not been for my discovery of the body, and the unfortunate publicity the newspapers gave to that fact." In one corner of the room was a heap of old newspapers, crumpled and torn, and thrown down in disorder. Juve kicked them aside.
A fresh witness is going to be called at the examination; let me see, what's his name? Dollon: that's it: the steward, Dollon." "I don't understand," said Gurn; his head was bent and his eyes cast down. A glimmer of light dawned in the young licentiate's brain. "Wait, there is some connection," he said. "The steward, Dollon, is in the employment of a lady who calls herself the Baronne de Vibray.
"And I am rather sick and sorry, too: because, although I have reached this certainty that Gurn is Fantômas, and have succeeded in convincing intelligent people, who were ready to study my work in good faith, I have nevertheless not succeeded in establishing legal proof that Gurn is Fantômas.
The clerk understood, and Gurn was brought in between two municipal guards, and was followed by the young licentiate in law, Maître Roger de Seras, who represented his leader at most of these preliminary examinations. As Gurn came in, with the light from the window falling full on his face, M. Fuselier gave a curt order. "Muller, turn round and look at this man!"
"Yes, immediately after the war; my husband and I went to England by the same boat on which Gurn went home." "Did you see much of him on board?" "No; we were first-class passengers, and he, I believe, went second. It was just by accident that my husband caught sight of him soon after the boat sailed." The President paused and made a note.
"The deuce!" he exclaimed softly; "who can be coming to ring Gurn up when everybody in Paris knows he has been arrested?" and he felt mechanically in his pocket to make sure that his revolver was there. Then he smiled. "What a fool I am! Of course it is only Mme. Doulenques, wondering why I am staying here so long." He strode to the door, flung it wide open, and then recoiled in astonishment.
She sat up sharply, her face drawn with terror. "Listen: I can hear him still!" "Try not to think about it," Gurn whispered, caressing her. "Did you hear him, how he kept on saying 'I am not Gurn! I am not Gurn! Oh, heaven grant they may not find that out!"
I'll preach to myself! And there you are: I don't want to boast, but really I did it all! And it was a success, eh?" Again the chorus broke out, to be stopped by Valgrand, who was contemplating his reflection in a mirror. "And my make-up, Colonel? Do you know the story of my make-up? I hear they were talking about it all over the house. Am I like Gurn? What do you think?
The door opposite the staircase opened slowly, and noiselessly Gurn emerged from the darkness and went towards Lady Beltham. The murderer flung himself at her feet, covered her face with kisses, and pressed her hands in his. "Maud!" he called. "Maud!" She did not answer and he hunted about the room for something to revive her.
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