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Corentin or Contenson would go into the matter and reply: "Twenty, thirty, or forty thousand francs." Then, as soon as the order was given to go ahead, all the means and the men were left to the judgment of Corentin or the agent selected. And the criminal police used to act in the same way to discover crimes with the famous Vidocq.
At these words the small companion of the stranger slowly sauntered to the spot, while at the sound of his name and the tread of his step, the throng gave way to the right and left. For Monsieur Favart was one of the most renowned chiefs of the great Parisian police a man worthy to be the contemporary of the illustrious Vidocq.
I wish Vidocq to have a copy of the book, but I confess I have my suspicions; he is so extraordinarily civil." From Paris he proceeded to Vienna, and thence into Hungary and Transylvania, where he remained for some months. So little is known of Borrow's Eastern Journey that the following account, given by an American, has a peculiar interest:
Robeccal tried to smile. It was a joke, of course, but he did not like it. "My dear sir," continued Vidocq, calmly and politely, "You are a scoundrel, and you accepted a base rôle. You think we have broken faith with you, but faith can not be kept with creatures like yourself." Robeccal protested and raved, all to no purpose. Vidocq went to the door and called; four men, each Hercules, appeared.
Perhaps Captain Claret had read the Memoirs of Vidocq, and believed in the old saying, set a rogue to catch a rogue.
He has baffled Ganimard, Holmlock Shears, the great English detective, and even Guerchard, whom everybody says is the greatest detective we've had in France since Vidocq. In fact, he's our national robber. Do you mean to say you don't know him?" "Not even enough to ask him to lunch at a restaurant," said the Duke flippantly. "What's he like?" "Like? Nobody has the slightest idea.
"You may take off the bandage now, Major," said Narkom, as the door closed behind them and Dollops busied himself with readjusting the fastenings. "We shall find your master in his sitting-room, I suppose, my embryo Vidocq?" "Speaking to me, sir? Lor! You ain't never went and forgot my name after all these months, have you, Mr. Narkom?" said Dollops, not understanding the allusion.
Gray-haired, rosy-cheeked, a face smooth as a boy's, twinkling eyes behind spectacles, he was one of the most astute, learned, and patient of the French secret police. And he did not care the flip of his strong brown fingers for the methods of Vidocq or Lecoq.
It appeared that when John Bar had gone to his cabin he found four of the inmates lying drunk on the floor, the fires expiring, and Guyon Vidocq in a delirium of intoxication pulling everything to pieces table, benches, etcetera to pile them in the corner, and, then, as he said, light a real Christmas bonfire.
At last, the heavy iron door swung open, and Vidocq, the great detective, entered his cell. Robeckal knew him, and breathed more freely. Vidocq, no doubt, came to release him. "Thank God you have come, Monsieur Vidocq," cried Robeckal to the official; "the time was becoming rather long for me."
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