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He had said to himself after that, "De Naarboveck, Vagualame, Fantômas, are but one." Juve had reassured de Loubersac: he declared that Wilhelmine had spoken the truth, that she certainly was Thérèse Auvernois and the most honest girl in the world. Juve calmed and finally convinced de Loubersac.
When de Loubersac had calmed down somewhat, Juve cried softly: "Oh, Monsieur Henri!"... Roused from his reflections, de Loubersac shouted: "Hold your tongue, you sicken me!" "But," insisted Juve-Vagualame, "I have only done my duty. If I spoke as I did, it was because my conscience."...
The painful moment she had waited for had come: she must tell Henri de Loubersac the secret of her life: no very grave secret if considered by itself; but the consequences of it, and the innumerable deductions that could be drawn from it, might react unfavourably on their relations to each other! Wilhelmine must speak out. They were just outside the church of Saint-Sulpice.
I have made all arrangements with the local police," finished de Loubersac. "Ah!" murmured Juve. "What a pity Captain Loreuil and Inspector Michel came on the scenes last night and arrested me prematurely, thinking they had got the real Vagualame, for now I can never make use of the ruffian's disguise to pump the different members of the great spy organisation we are on the track of!"
More and more astonished, Wilhelmine replied: "And suppose I were going to do so? Should I be doing wrong to pray for the repose of the soul of the unfortunate Captain Brocq, who was one of my best friends?" "Ah!" cried Henri de Loubersac: "Is it love you feel for him, then?"
She looked up at her lover with sad eyes. Pointing in the direction of the cemetery of Montemartre, she replied in a low tone: "I am going to visit the dear dead." "Would you allow me to accompany you?" begged de Loubersac. Wilhelmine shook her head. "I must ask you to allow me to go there alone. It is my custom to pray there without witnesses."
That being so, he may have murdered Nichoune; but as to incriminating this agent whom we have known a long time ... well ... you have merely a vague indication to go upon ... the kind of reticence, or what you thought was reticence, he wished to maintain regarding his journey to Châlons." "Yes," admitted de Loubersac, "if that were all I had to go upon, it would amount to little."
Naarboveck made the introductions: "Monsieur Jérôme Fandor Mademoiselle de Naarboveck, my daughter Monsieur de Loubersac, lieutenant of cuirassiers." Silence reigned after these formal introductions. If Fandor was in certain measure satisfied with the turn the conversation had taken, he was really bored by this involuntary intrusion into a family gathering which mattered little to him.
"Hah!... Look in another direction ... among his friends ... in the great world ... the diplomatic set, for preference ... Think of those in the de Naarboveck circle."... "Look out, Vagualame!" exclaimed de Loubersac. "Weigh your words well!" "Do not be afraid, lieu ... pardon Monsieur Henri!" "Perhaps you think it is Bobinette?" queried de Loubersac. "No." "Who then?"
He suggested: "I am not the only one you have met at M. de Naarboveck's. There is that handsome cuirassier, Henri de Loubersac."... Bobinette crimsoned. She shrugged her shoulders. "How stupid you are! Lieutenant Henri does not give me a thought, if he comes to the house."... Brocq interrupted: "Yes, I know he comes on account of the fair Wilhelmine." His tone was conciliatory.
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