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"A copy of this photograph taken at the prison of Barcelona, is in every detective office in Spain," was his reply. "Rodriquez Despujol is the most dangerous and elusive criminal at large," he went on. "He never leaves anything to chance. No doubt he believed that you were in possession of something valuable, and his intention was to drug you and get it. But you were too quick for him.
But Despujol professed to believe that the best of men make mistakes and that a wise government would establish safeguards against this human fallibility.
"You will meet Señor Rivero eh?" "Certainly," I said. "Then I wish the pair of you the good fortune of arresting the assassin Despujol," he said as we shook hands and parted. I drove at once to Hambledon's hotel, where I found that he had just retired to bed. As he stood in his pyjamas, surprised at my unexpected visit at that hour, I told him what I had arranged.
But orosin is not known to a dozen people beyond those who study toxicology. Hence this man Despujol must have been supplied with it by someone who knew." The suspicion had arisen in my mind that De Gex and his agent Suzor knew that I was in Madrid for the purpose of watching them, and they had resorted to a very clever and secret means of getting rid of me once and for all.
The three men laughed heartily. "An apology to Despujol!" cried the Chief of Police. "How very amusing!" "I consider that I was very lucky," I said. "He seems to be a most desperate character." "He is," answered Señor Andrade. "We have had inquiries for him from all over Europe.
By that means he had learnt that Hambledon and myself were in Madrid on purpose to discover what we could, hence he had hired the assassin Despujol to set that dastardly trap for me.
"Now Siguenza is on the direct line from here to the Pyrenees and the French frontier! That telegram may be from Despujol while in flight. If so, the police have set a trap for him at his journey's end, either at Jaca beneath Mont Perdu, or at Pamplona. I wonder if he'll be caught?" "He might go on to Zaragoza and then turn to Barcelona and Marseilles," Hambledon remarked.
"So it is evident that the man Despujol entered my room and placed the pins there intending that I should step upon one or other of them!" I gasped. "Without doubt. And it seems little short of a marvel that you escaped," said the Professor. "It certainly does," I remarked. "But I must tell the police of the fact you have established. The affair now assumes a new phase.
In a few quick sentences the Spanish detective explained the object of his mission, and producing his authority from the Spanish Ministry, requested the arrest of the infamous bandit Despujol. "But is Despujol actually in Nîmes?" cried the Commissary astounded. "He certainly is. I identified him on his arrival here at midday." "We have been searching for him for over two years.
Gabrielle being the weaker, was still suffering from its paralysing effects, while I, the stronger, had practically recovered. Yet it had been intended by the daring Despujol that a fatal "accident" should now befall me! And could anything be plainer than that the fellow for whom the police were searching so eagerly was a hireling of the man De Gex who went in fear of me?
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