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"No, no! Out of that I got this scar on my forehead." "Well," cried the colonel, "it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good! You will get the cross all the quicker!" Lieutenant de Loubersac smiled. Hofferman continued: "My dear fellow, ... you know ... the vanished document!... It's extremely important it will have to be found!" "Good, Colonel!"
Nevertheless, when that yacht weighs anchor, it would be my delight to inspect her from stem to stern, accompanied by the Custom House officials. It is my conviction that Corporal Vinson will soon turn up, slip aboard with the stolen gun-piece, conceal it in some prepared hiding-hole below: his otherwise uninteresting person will be hidden also." "I am of the same mind," declared de Loubersac.
He struck his forehead. "Monsieur Henri!" he called. "What?" "The meeting place to-morrow?" De Loubersac had just signalled to a taxi: he leaned over the parapet and called to Juve-Vagualame, who had got no farther than the middle of the steps: "Why at half past three, in the garden, as usual!" "Oh, ho!" said the old accordion player. "He will be furious!
In the Batignolles tunnel Juve and he began discussing this point: de Loubersac angry, excited; Juve immovably calm. The discussion lasted until their train ran into Dieppe station. They had exhausted the subject, but had scarcely touched on the motives of their journey to this seaport. The two men separated with a stiff salute.
He heard a porter at his elbow say in a low voice: "Don't stop, Monsieur Henri you may be noticed." De Loubersac identified the speaker as a man in the employ of the Second Bureau. He handed his wraps to this detective, dressed as an ordinary porter. "What is happening, then?" he asked. "An arrest, ordered by the Second Bureau. There was a man, or a woman, in your train."
"It is merely the answer of one who hesitates to speak out," replied de Loubersac, laughing, "... who hesitates to give a definite opinion, who, nevertheless."... "Who nevertheless what?... De Loubersac, just forget I am your colonel speak out, man!... Have you an idea of where the document was lost?" "That?... No."... "Then what conclusion have you arrived at?
He had just settled himself in a first-class compartment, of which he was the solitary occupant, when he recognised an officer of the Second Bureau walking in the corridor Lieutenant Henri de Loubersac! The train was barely in motion when de Loubersac seated himself opposite Juve. The recognition had been mutual.
De Loubersac said in a low, distinct voice: "I maintain my accusation, Mademoiselle, until you have furnished me with absolute, undeniable proofs!"... De Loubersac's voice failed him. Wilhelmine had turned from him. She hurried to the door, descended the church steps, and threw herself into a passing cab. De Loubersac had followed her.
"As a matter of fact, my future son-in-law, de Loubersac, is leaving the Staff Office, and with the rank of captain. His chiefs are sending him, not, as you think, to the wilds of Central Africa, but only to Algiers! An excellent garrison!" "Well, Baron, I like to think you will soon be paying a visit to your newly married pair."
She was in the depths of despair. De Loubersac, standing before her, as at a judgment bar, again implored her forgiveness. "Oh, how I regret the brutal, wounding things I said to you, Wilhelmine!" he murmured humbly, sorrowfully. The innocent girl, so bitterly wronged by his thoughts and words, crimsoned with indignation at the memory of them. Her tone was icy.
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