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Updated: May 13, 2025
It was a passing mood and, being totally opposed to Don Luis's nature, finished abruptly in a state of utter confidence which no longer admitted the least particle of anxiety or doubt. The sun had risen. The cell gradually became filled with daylight. And Don Luis remembered that Valenglay reached his office on the Place Beauveau at seven o'clock in the morning.
Valenglay and the Prefect of Police, who were neither of them men to be unduly surprised at courage and coolness, had listened to him, nevertheless, and were now looking at him in bewildered silence. Was it possible for a human being to carry heroism to such unlikely lengths? Meanwhile, he went up to the other side of the chimney and pointed to a larger map, representing the French roads.
There were Philippe d'Antrac, who was better born than any Bourbon, and Pierre Le Grand and Tristan Le Roux and Joseph Le Jeune." "And there was Arsène Lupin," said Valenglay, roused to enthusiasm by this list of Homeric heroes. "And there was Arsène Lupin," repeated Don Luis. He nodded his head, smiled, and continued, in a very quiet voice: "I will not speak of him, Monsieur le Président.
And, if necessary, you can put yourself out a little.... That's it: I'll consent to take the first step. I will go and call on M. de Beauveau. M. Valenglay, it is a pleasure to see you." He went gayly to the door, pretending that it was open and that he had only to walk through to be received when his turn came.
For, after all, was it not too much to expect that the head of the government, that the Prime Minister, should put himself out to obey the injunctions and assist the schemes of M. Arsène Lupin? "He will come!" he cried, with the same persistent confidence. "Valenglay doesn't care a hang for form and ceremony and all that nonsense.
He was racked with too much anxiety; and, though his plan of conduct was worked out mathematically, he could not help foreseeing all the obstacles which were likely to frustrate that plan. Of course, Weber would speak to M. Desmalions. But would M. Desmalions telephone to Valenglay? "He is sure to telephone," Don Luis declared, stamping his foot. "It doesn't let him in for anything.
And at the same time, he would be running a big risk if he refused, especially as Valenglay must have been consulted about my arrest and is obviously kept informed of all that happens." He next asked himself what exactly Valenglay could do, once he was told.
"I positively insist," said Don Luis, "that Monsieur le Préfet de Police shall stay and hear what I have to say. He is better able than any one else to appreciate the value of it; and he will bear witness to its correctness in certain particulars." "Speak!" said Valenglay. His curiosity knew no bounds. He did not much care whether Don Luis's proposal could have any practical results.
These were not suppositions, but certainties; not problems awaiting solution, but problems already solved. Starting from A and continuing along B and C, you arrive, whether you wish it or not, at D. Don Luis began to laugh: "Come, come, Arsène, old chap, remember that you brought Mr. Hohenzollern all the way from his Brandenburg Marches. Valenglay does not live as far as that, by Jove!
Everything was ready for ringing up the curtain." Valenglay bowed. "My compliments! You are a man of resource. And your scheme was not lacking in charm. For I take it that your five ladies were pretty?" Don Luis put on a bantering expression. He closed his eyes, as if to recall his bliss, and let fall the one word: "Hags!" The epithet gave rise to a burst of merriment.
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