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But go go," said the Duke, and he slipped his right arm round her and drew her to the door. "Oh, how good you are to me," said Sonia softly. The Duke's other arm went round her; he drew her to him, and their lips met. He loosed her, and opened the door, saying loudly: "You're sure you won't have a cab, Mademoiselle Kritchnoff?" "No; no, thank you, your Grace. Goodnight," said Sonia.
"I beg you will wait a minute or two till I've had a word with you," said Guerchard; and he drew a folded sheet of paper from his pocket and held it up. The Duke looked at Guerchard's face, and he looked at the paper in his hand; then he said: "Oh, very well." And, turning to Irma, he added quietly, "Tell Mademoiselle Kritchnoff that I'm in the drawing-room."
Lupin gripped the edge of the table with both hands, and stood panting, grinding his teeth, pale with fury. He stood silent and motionless for perhaps half a minute, gazing at Guerchard with burning, murderous eyes. Then he nodded his head. "Let Mademoiselle Kritchnoff wait," said Guerchard, with a sigh of deep relief. Dieusy went out of the room.
"Yes, sir; I haven't seen the pendant. Didn't Mademoiselle Germaine leave it on the bureau?" said Irma. "How do you know that?" said M. Formery. "I heard Mademoiselle Germaine say that it had been on the bureau. I thought that perhaps Mademoiselle Kritchnoff had put it in her bag." "Why should Mademoiselle Kritchnoff put it in her bag?" said the Duke quickly.
The Duke turned sharply on Guerchard, and said: "Now, why on earth? ... I don't understand." "I got this from M. Formery," said Guerchard, holding up the paper. "Well," said the Duke. "What is it?" "It's a warrant, your Grace," said Guerchard. "What! ... A warrant! ... Not for the arrest of Mademoiselle Kritchnoff?" "Yes," said Guerchard. "Oh, come, it's impossible," said the Duke.
Guerchard looked at the Duke with a faint air of uneasiness: "I think that we had better question Mademoiselle Kritchnoff by ourselves," he said. M. Formery looked at him and hesitated. Then he said: "Oh, yes, of course, by ourselves." "Certainly," said the Duke, a trifle haughtily. And he rose and opened the door. He was just going through it when Guerchard said sharply: "Your Grace "
"To bring it up to Paris for Mademoiselle Germaine," said Irma. "But what made you think that?" said Guerchard, suddenly intervening. "Oh, I thought Mademoiselle Kritchnoff might have put it in her bag because I saw her standing by the bureau," said Irma. "Ah, and the pendant was on the bureau?" said M. Formery. "Yes, sir," said Irma. There was a silence.
Guerchard went back to M. Formery at the writing-table. "You made a clumsy mistake there, Guerchard," said M. Formery, with a touch of gratified malice in his tone. Guerchard took no notice of it: "I want you to give orders that nobody leaves the house without my permission," he said, in a low voice. "No one except Mademoiselle Kritchnoff, I suppose," said M. Formery, smiling.
But if you're going to arrest Mademoiselle Kritchnoff, why are you bothering about the handkerchief? It can't be of any importance," said the Duke. "I beg your pardon," said Guerchard. "But it is." "But why?" said the Duke. "I was arresting Mademoiselle Kritchnoff all right because I had a very strong presumption of her guilt. But I hadn't the slightest proof of it," said Guerchard.
Dieusy opened the door, put in his head, and said, "It's Mademoiselle Kritchnoff." "Collar her! ... Here's the warrant! ... collar her!" shouted Guerchard, with savage, triumphant joy. "Never! You shan't touch her! By Heaven, you shan't touch her!" cried Lupin frantically; and he sprang like a tiger at Guerchard. Guerchard jumped to the other side of the table. "Will you accept, then?" he cried.
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