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In a word, it answers to a stranger the same end as a carte de surete, or ticket of safety, does to an inhabitant of Paris.
He was in Berlin at the time of the famous Rheinart robbery, though he compassed that coup without detection; he was in Vienna when the British embassy there was looted, but escaped by a clever ruse and managed to dispose of his plunder before the agents of the Surete could lay hands on him; recently he has been in London, and there he made love to, and ran away with, the diamonds of a certain lady of some eminence.
"But I will see the Commissary of the Section myself, and tell him to send a dozen men of the Surete along to watch your house and be at your beck and call if need be. Then you will feel quite safe, I hope." "Oh, yes! quite safe, citizen!" the woman replied with a sigh of genuine relief. Then only did Chauvelin turn on his heel and go his way.
"She should have come by the omnibus," Hanaud repeated and repeated stupidly. For the moment he was off his balance. The hall of the hotel had been cleared of people. At the entrance from the corridor a porter barred the way. "No one can pass," said he. "I think that I can," said Hanaud, and he produced his card. "From the Surete at Paris." He was allowed to enter, with Ricardo at his heels.
I happen to know that he has quarrelled with Henri Michaux, the under-secretary of the Surete in Paris, who has declared that his payment is not sufficient. Michaux is anxious to get even with him. A word from us would result in The Sparrow's arrest." "Excellent!" exclaimed Molly. "If we fail we can, after all, have our revenge.
Though he waited till eleven of the following forenoon, there was no supplementary telegram: London evidently meant him to understand that the Surété in Paris had communicated nothing to the discredit of Monsieur le Comte de Lorgnes and his consort.
The following statement which I, Gaston Max, am drawing up in duplicate for the guidance of whoever may inherit the task of tracing "The Scorpion" a task which I have begun will be lodged one copy at the Service de Surete in Paris, and the other copy with the Commissioner of Police, New Scotland Yard.
Frightened to death by our warnings, as well as by citizen Chauvelin's threats, they not only admitted us into their house, but actually placed Madeleine Lannoy's child in our charge. Then they went contentedly to bed, and we, before the real men of the Surete arrived upon the scene, were already safely out of the way.
Monsieur Dax, the Chief of the Surete who, so far, had been listening and examining the room, at length deigned to open his lips: "While search is being made for the criminal, we had better try to find out the motive for the crime; that will advance us a little," he said.
Suddenly I exclaimed to myself: 'I wonder if he is long-sighted? I had never seen Larsan write. He might, then, be long-sighted. They would certainly know at the Surete, and also know if the glasses were his. Such evidence would be damning. That explained Larsan's return. I know now that Larsan, or Ballmeyer, is long-sighted and that these glasses belonged to him. "I now made one mistake.
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