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The chase now showed herself to be a very smart little craft, staggering along under her cloud of canvas in a really surprising manner; indeed, had the pursuit lasted an hour longer we should probably have lost her, for she was within five miles of the harbour of Jean Rabel when we succeeded in bringing her to.
From this explanation we now learned that we were about to make an attack upon two privateer brigs, together with a ship and brig which had been captured by them, all of which were lying in Jean Rabel harbour, and were believed to be well protected and very strongly manned.
The whole matter is only one of suspicion very strong suspicion." The Chief of Police looked very straight at me. "Ah! Then you are in possession of certain secret knowledge concerning the man who made such a dastardly attempt upon your life!" he remarked. "And you suspect this Charles Rabel at Montauban to be the fugitive eh?" "Exactly," I replied.
You know the motive, and yet you will not disclose it to me." "Not at present," I said. "If it is found that Charles Rabel is really Despujol, then I will come forward and state all that I know." "You promise that?" "I do." "Very well then I will give orders to have your suspicions investigated," replied the patient, urbane official.
"You know the motive of that trap which Despujol set for you, and yet you will not reveal it to me!" Again I shook my head and smiled. "It would make my task much easier," he remarked. "I am aware of that. But at present mine is only a suspicion. I have no actual knowledge that Charles Rabel is the man you are so desirous of arresting."
At first she was surprised, but I told her a very plausible story, whereupon she explained that Charles had gone to Toulouse on business three days before, but that he was returning at noon to-morrow. She herself lived in Castelsarrasin." "But do you anticipate that we shall discover in Charles Rabel the notorious Despujol?" I inquired eagerly.
Meanwhile, from some unexplained cause or other, the provisions were coming on board very slowly, much, it must be confessed, to the delight of the crew, who, having worked hard at the overhauling and repairs of the rigging to say nothing of their behaviour at Jean Rabel now confidently expected at least a day's liberty with its accompanying jollification ashore.
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