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03 - Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes by Maurice Leblanc · Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes

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Speaker 1: Chapter three, Herlock Shons opens hostilities. What does monsieur wish anything,
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Speaker 1: replied Arsain Lupin, like a man who never worries over
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Speaker 1: the details of a meal. Anything you like, but no
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Speaker 1: meat or alcohol. The waiter walked away disdainfully. What still
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Speaker 1: a vegetarian? I exclaimed, more sols than ever, replied Lupin,
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Speaker 1: Through taste, faith or habit, hy Jeanne, and do you
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Speaker 1: ever fall from grace? Oh? Yes, when I am dining
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Speaker 1: out and wish to avoid being consdered eccentric. We were
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Speaker 1: dining near the Northern Railway station, in a little restaurant
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Speaker 1: to which our saint Lupin had invited me. Frequently. He
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Speaker 1: would send me a telegram asking me to meet him
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Speaker 1: in some obscure restaurant where we could enjoy a quiet dinner,
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Speaker 1: well served, and which was always made interesting to me
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Speaker 1: by his recital of some startling adventure, theretofore unknown to me.
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Speaker 1: On that particular evening, he appeared to be in a
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Speaker 1: more lively mood than usual. He laughed and joked with
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Speaker 1: careless animation, and with that delicate sarcasm that was habitual
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Speaker 1: with him, a light and spontaneous sarcasm that was free
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Speaker 1: from any tinge of malice. It was a pleasure to
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Speaker 1: find him in that jovial mood, and I could not
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Speaker 1: resist the desire to tell him so. Ah. Yes, he exclaimed,
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Speaker 1: there are days in which I find life as bright
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Speaker 1: and gay as a spring morning. Then life seems to
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Speaker 1: be an infinite treasure which I can never exhaust. And
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Speaker 1: yet God knows I lead a careless existence too much
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Speaker 1: so perhaps, Ah, But I tell you the treasure is infinite.
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Speaker 1: I can spend it with a lavish hand. I can
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Speaker 1: cast my youth and strength to the four winds of heaven,
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Speaker 1: and it is replaced by a still younger and greater force. Besides,
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Speaker 1: my life is so pleasant. If I wish to do so,
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Speaker 1: I might become what shall I say, an orator, a manufacturer,
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Speaker 1: a politician. But I assure you I shall never have
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Speaker 1: such a desire. Arsin, Lupin I am Arsain, Lupin I
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Speaker 1: shall remain. I have made a vain search in history
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Speaker 1: to find a career comparable to mine, a life better
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Speaker 1: filled or more intense. Napoleon, Yes, perhaps, But Napoleon, toward
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Speaker 1: the close of his career, when all Europe was trying
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Speaker 1: to crush him, asked himself on the eve of each battle,
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Speaker 1: if it would not be his last? Was he serious
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Speaker 1: or was he joking? He became more animated as he proceeded.
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Speaker 1: That is everything. Do you understand the danger, the continuous
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Speaker 1: feeling of danger. To breathe it as you breathe the air,
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Speaker 1: to scent it in every breath of wind, to detect
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Speaker 1: it in every unusual sound, and in the midst of
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Speaker 1: the tempest, to remain calm and not to stumble. Otherwise
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Speaker 1: you are lost. There is only one sensation equal to it,
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Speaker 1: that of the chauffeur in an automobile race. But that
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Speaker 1: race lasts only a few hours. My race continues until death.
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Speaker 1: What fantasy? I exclaimed, And you wish me to believe
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Speaker 1: that you have no particular motive for your adoption of
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Speaker 1: that exciting life. Come, he said, with a smile. You
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Speaker 1: are a clever psychologist. Work it out for yourself. He
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Speaker 1: poured himself a glass of water, drank it, and said,
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Speaker 1: did you read le TOMPs to day? No heloc Shoones
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Speaker 1: crossed the channels this afternoon and arrived in Paris about
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Speaker 1: six o'clock. The deuce, what is he coming for a
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Speaker 1: little journey. He has undertaken the request of the count
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Speaker 1: and Countess of Croisson, Monsieur geu Bois, and the nephew
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Speaker 1: of Baron d'utrek. They met him at the Northern Railway station,
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Speaker 1: took him to meet Janimard, and at this moment the
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Speaker 1: six of them are holding a consultation. Despite a strong
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Speaker 1: temptation to do so, I had never ventured to question
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Speaker 1: our sin Lupin concerning any action of his private life
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Speaker 1: unless he had first mentioned the subject to me. Up
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Speaker 1: to that moment, his name had not been mentioned, at
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Speaker 1: least officially in connection with the Blue diamond. Consequently, I
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Speaker 1: consumed my curiosity in patience. He continued. There's also in
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Speaker 1: Letemps an interview with my old friend Janimard, according to
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Speaker 1: whom a certain blond lady who should be my friend
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Speaker 1: must have admitted the Baron d'outrek and tried to rob
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Speaker 1: Madame de Croisson of her famous ring. And what do
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Speaker 1: you think he accuses me of being the instigator of
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Speaker 1: those crimes. Not suppress a slight shudder? Was this true?
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Speaker 1: Must I believe that his career of theft, his mode
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Speaker 1: of existence, the logical result of such a life had
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Speaker 1: drawn that man into more serious crimes, including murder. I
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Speaker 1: looked at him. He was so calm, and his eyes
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Speaker 1: had such a frank expression. I observed his hands. They
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Speaker 1: had been formed from a model of exceeding delicacy, long
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Speaker 1: and slender, inoffensive, truly, and the hands of an artist.
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Speaker 1: Joanie Marde has pipe dreams, I said, no, no, protested lupin.
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Speaker 1: Jennie madd has some cleverness and at times almost inspiration. Inspiration. Yes.
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Speaker 1: For instance, that interview is a master stroke. In the
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Speaker 1: first place, he announces the coming of his English rival
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Speaker 1: in order to put me on my guard and make
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Speaker 1: his task more difficult. In the second place, he indicates
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Speaker 1: the exact to which he has conducted the affair in
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Speaker 1: order that Choms will not get credit for the work
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Speaker 1: already done by Jeannie Mard. That is good warfare, whatever
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Speaker 1: it may be. You have two adversaries to deal with,
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Speaker 1: and such adversaries, oh, one of them doesn't count, and
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Speaker 1: the other charms. Oh, I confess he is a worthy foe,
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Speaker 1: and that explains my present good humor. In the first place,
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Speaker 1: it is a question of self esteem. I am pleased
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Speaker 1: to know that they consider me a subject worthy the
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Speaker 1: attention of the celebrated English detective in the next place.
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Speaker 1: This imagine the pleasure a man such as I must
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Speaker 1: experience in the thought of a duel with her luck Shomes.
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Speaker 1: But I shall be obliged to strain every muscle. He
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Speaker 1: is a clever fellow and will contest every inch of
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Speaker 1: the ground. Then you consider him a strong opponent I do.
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Speaker 1: As a detective. I believe he has never had an equal.
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Speaker 1: But I have one advantage over him. He is making
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Speaker 1: the attack, and I am simply defending myself. My role
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Speaker 1: is the easier one. Besides, I am familiar with his
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Speaker 1: method of warfare, and he does not know mine. I
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Speaker 1: am prepared to show him a few new tricks that
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Speaker 1: will give him something to think about. He tapped the
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Speaker 1: table with his fingers as he uttered the following sentences
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Speaker 1: with an air of keen delight. I'll send Lupin against
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Speaker 1: Hernock Shones, France against England. Trafalgar will be revenged at last,
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Speaker 1: Ah the rascal. He doesn't suspect that I am prepared,
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Speaker 1: and a Loupin warned. He stopped, suddenly, seized with a
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Speaker 1: fit of coughing, and hid his face in his napkin
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Speaker 1: as if something had stuck in his throat, a bit
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Speaker 1: of bread, I inquired, it drinks some water? No, it
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Speaker 1: isn't that, he replied in a stifled voice. Then what
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Speaker 1: is it? The want of air? Do you wish a
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Speaker 1: window opened?
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Speaker 2: No?
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Speaker 1: I shall go out. Give me my hat to no
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Speaker 1: verkot quick, I must go. What's the matter the two
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Speaker 1: gentlemen who came in just now? Look at the taller one. Now,
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Speaker 1: when we go out, keep to my left so he
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Speaker 1: will not see me. The one who is sitting behind you. Yes,
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Speaker 1: I will explain it to you outside. Who is it?
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Speaker 1: Hellock shuns? He made a desperate effort to control himself,
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Speaker 1: as if he were ashamed of his emotion, replaced his napkin,
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Speaker 1: drank a glass of water, and quite recovered, said to me, smiling,
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Speaker 1: it is strange, hey, that I should be affected so easily,
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Speaker 1: but the unexpected side. What have you to fear? Since
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Speaker 1: no one can recognize you on account of your many transformations?
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Speaker 1: Every time I see you, it seems to me your
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Speaker 1: face is changed. It's not at all familiar. I don't
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Speaker 1: know why, but he would recognize me, said Lupin. He
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Speaker 1: has seen me only once but at that time he
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Speaker 1: made a mental photograph of me, not of my external appearance,
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Speaker 1: but of my very soul. Not what I appear to be,
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Speaker 1: but just what I am? Do you understand? And then,
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Speaker 1: and then I did not expect to meet him here,
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Speaker 1: such a strange encounter in this little restaurant. Well shall
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Speaker 1: we go out? No? Not now, said Lupin. What are
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Speaker 1: you going to do? The better way is to act frankly,
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Speaker 1: to have confidence in him. Trust him. You will not
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Speaker 1: speak to him? Why not? It will be to my
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Speaker 1: advantage to do so and find out what he knows,
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Speaker 1: and perhaps what he thinks. At present I have the
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Speaker 1: feeling that his gaze on my neck and shoulders, and
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Speaker 1: that he is trying to remember where he has seen
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Speaker 1: them before. He reflected a moment I observed a malicious
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Speaker 1: smile at the corner of his mouth. Then, obedient, I think,
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Speaker 1: to a whim of his impulsive nature, and not to
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Speaker 1: the necessities of the situation. He arose, turned round, and
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Speaker 1: with a bow and a joyous air, he said, by
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Speaker 1: what lucky chance, ah, I am delighted to see you.
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Speaker 1: Permit me to introduce a friend of mine. For a moment,
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Speaker 1: the Englishman was disconcerted. Then he made a movement as
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Speaker 1: if he would seize ar san Dupin. The latter shook
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Speaker 1: his head and said that would not be fair. Besides,
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Speaker 1: the movement would be an awkward one and quite useless.
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Speaker 1: The Englishman looked about him as if in search of assistance,
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Speaker 1: no use, said Leupan. Besides, are you quite sure you
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Speaker 1: can place your hand on me? Ah? Now show me
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Speaker 1: that you are a real Englishman and therefore a good spot.
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Speaker 1: This advice seemed to commend itself to the detective, for
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Speaker 1: he partially rose and said, very formally, Monsieur Wilson, my
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Speaker 1: friend and assistant Monsieur arsin loupenn. Wilson's amazement evoked a laugh.
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Speaker 1: With bulging eyes and gaping mouth, he looked from one
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Speaker 1: to the other as if unable to comprehend the situation.
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Speaker 1: Herlock Shomes laughed and said, Wilson, you should conceal your
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Speaker 1: astonishment at an incident which is one of the most
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Speaker 1: natural in the world. Why do you not arrest him,
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Speaker 1: stammered Wilson. Have you not observed, Wilson, that the gentleman
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Speaker 1: is between me and the door, and only a few
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Speaker 1: steps from the door. By the time I could move
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Speaker 1: my little finger, he would be outside. Don't let that
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Speaker 1: make any difference, said Lupinn, who now walked around the
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Speaker 1: table and seated himself so that the Englishman was between
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Speaker 1: him and the door, thus placing himself at the mercy
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Speaker 1: of the foreigner. Wilson looked at Sholmes to find out
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Speaker 1: if he had the right to admire this act of
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Speaker 1: wanton courage. The Englishman's face was impenetrable, but a moment
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Speaker 1: later he called waiter. When the waiter came, he ordered soda,
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Speaker 1: beer and whisky. The treaty of peace was signed until
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Speaker 1: further orders. In a few moments, the four men were
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Speaker 1: conversing in an apparently friendly manner. Herlock Sholmes is a
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Speaker 1: man such as you might meet every day in the
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Speaker 1: business world. He is about fifty years of age and
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Speaker 1: looks as if he might have passed his life in
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Speaker 1: an office adding up columns of dull figures or writing
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Speaker 1: out formal statements of business accounts. There is nothing to
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Speaker 1: distinguish him from the average citizen of London except the
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Speaker 1: appearance of his eyes, his terribly keen and penetrating eyes.
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Speaker 1: But then he is Herlock Sholmes, which means that he
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Speaker 1: has a wonderful combination of intuition, observation, clairvoyance, and ingenuity.
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Speaker 1: One could readily believe that nature had been pleased to
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Speaker 1: take the two most extraordinary detectives that the imagination of
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Speaker 1: man has hitherto conceived, the dupin of Edgar Allan Poe
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Speaker 1: and the lecoq of Emil Gaboreal, and out of that
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Speaker 1: material constructed a new detective more extraordinary and supernatural than
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Speaker 1: either of them. And when a person reads the history
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Speaker 1: of his exploits, which have made him famous throughout the
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Speaker 1: entire world, he asks himself whether Herlock Schulmes is not
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Speaker 1: a mythical personage, a fictitious hero born in the brain
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Speaker 1: of a great novelist. Conan Doyle, for instance, when Arsan
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Speaker 1: Lupin questioned him in regard to the length of his
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Speaker 1: sojourn in France, he turned the conversation into its proper
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Speaker 1: channel by saying, that depends on you, monsieur, exclaimed Lupin, laughing,
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Speaker 1: if it depends on me, you can return to England
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Speaker 1: to night. That is a little too soon, but I
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Speaker 1: expect to return in the course of eight or nine days.
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Speaker 1: Ten At the outside, argue in such a hurry. I
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Speaker 1: have many cases to attend to, such as the robbery
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Speaker 1: of the Anglo Chinese bank, the abduction of Lady Eccleston.
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Speaker 1: But don't you think, Monsieur Lupin, that I can finish
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Speaker 1: my business in Paris within a week. Certainly if you
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Speaker 1: confine your efforts to the case of the Blue Diamond.
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Speaker 1: It is moreover the length of time that I require
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Speaker 1: to make preparations for my safety in case the solution
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Speaker 1: of that affair should give you certain dangerous advantages over me.
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Speaker 1: And yet said the Englishman, I expect to close the
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Speaker 1: business in eight or ten days and arrest me on
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Speaker 1: the eleventh. Perhaps, no, the tenth is my limit. Lupin
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Speaker 1: shook his head thoughtfully as he said, that will be difficult,
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Speaker 1: very difficult. Difficult perhaps, but possible. Therefore certain, absolutely certain,
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Speaker 1: said Wilson, as if he had clearly worked out the
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Speaker 1: long series of operations which would conduct his collaborator to
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Speaker 1: the desired result. Of course, said Herlock Scholmes, I do
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Speaker 1: not hold all the trump cards, as these cases are
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Speaker 1: already several months old, and I lack certain information and
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Speaker 1: clues upon which I am accustomed to base my investigations
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Speaker 1: such as spots of mud and cigarette ashes, said Wilson
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Speaker 1: with an air of importance. In addition to the remarkable
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Speaker 1: conclusions formed by Monsieur Geennimard, I have obtained all the
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Speaker 1: articles written on the subject, and have formed a few
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Speaker 1: deductions of my own, some ideas which were suggested to
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Speaker 1: us by analysis or hypothesis, added Wilson sententiously. I wish
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Speaker 1: to inquire, said ar san Lupin, in that deferential tone
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Speaker 1: which he employed in speaking to Sholmes. Would I be
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Speaker 1: indiscreet if I were to ask you what opinion you
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Speaker 1: have formed about the case? Really, it was a most
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Speaker 1: exciting such situation to see those two men facing each
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Speaker 1: other across the table, engaged in an earnest discussion, as
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Speaker 1: if they were obliged to solve some abstruse problem or
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Speaker 1: come to an agreement upon some controverted fact. Wilson was
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Speaker 1: in the seventh heaven of delight herloc Sholmes filled his pipe,
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Speaker 1: slowly lighted it, and said, this affair is much simpler
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Speaker 1: than it appeared to be at first sight. Much simpler,
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Speaker 1: said Wilson, as a faithful echo. I say this affair
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Speaker 1: for in my opinion, there is only one, said Scholmes.
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Speaker 1: The Death of the Baron Dautrek, the story of the Ring,
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Speaker 1: and let us not forget the mystery of lottery ticket
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Speaker 1: number five fourteen are only different phases of one might
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Speaker 1: call the Mystery of the Blond Lady. Now, according to
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Speaker 1: my view, it is simply a question of discovering the
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Speaker 1: bond that unites those three episodes in the same story.
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Speaker 1: The fact which proves the unity of the three events.
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Speaker 1: Jeannie Mard, whose judgment is rather superfic official, finds that
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Speaker 1: unity in the faculty of disappearance, that is, in the
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Speaker 1: power of coming and going unseen and unheard. That theory
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Speaker 1: does not satisfy me. Well, what is your idea, asked Loupin.
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Speaker 1: In my opinion, said Scholmes, the characteristic feature of the
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Speaker 1: three episodes is your design and purpose of leading the
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Speaker 1: affair into a certain channel previously chosen by you. It
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Speaker 1: is on your part more than a plan. It is
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Speaker 1: a necessity, an indispensable condition of success. Can you furnish
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Speaker 1: any details of your theory? Certainly, for example, from the
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Speaker 1: beginning of your conflict with Monsieur Geerbois, is it not
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Speaker 1: evident that the apartment of Monsieur Debtnard. Is the place
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Speaker 1: selected by you, the inevitable spot where all the parties
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Speaker 1: must meet. In your opinion, it was the only safe place,
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Speaker 1: and you arranged a rendezvous there publicly, one might say,
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Speaker 1: for the blonde lady and Mademoiselle Geerbois, the professor's daughter,
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Speaker 1: added Wilson. Now let us consider the case of the
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Speaker 1: blue diamond. Did you try to appropriate it while the
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Speaker 1: Baron do Trek possessed it? No? But the baron takes
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Speaker 1: his brother's house. Six months later we have the intervention
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Speaker 1: of Antoinette Brehat, and the first attempt, the diamond escapes you,
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Speaker 1: and the sale is widely advertised to take place that
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Speaker 1: de Droual auction rooms. Will it be a free and
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Speaker 1: open sale? Is the richest amateur sure to carry off
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Speaker 1: the jewel? No. Just as the banker Hirshman is on
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Speaker 1: the point of buying the ring, a lady sends him
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Speaker 1: a letter of warning, and it is the Countess de Croisn,
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Speaker 1: prepared and influenced by the same lady, who becomes the
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Speaker 1: purchaser of the diamond. Will the ring disappear at once? No,
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Speaker 1: you lack the opportunity therefore you must wait. At last,
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Speaker 1: the countess goes to her chateau. That is what you
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Speaker 1: are waiting for. The ring disappears to reappear again in
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Speaker 1: the tooth powder of Herblaichen, remarked, Leupan, Oh, such nonsense,
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Speaker 1: exclaimed Sholmes, striking the table with his fist. Don't tell
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Speaker 1: me such a fairy tale. I am too old a
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Speaker 1: fox to be led away by a false scent. What
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Speaker 1: do you mean? What do I mean? Said Shrilmes, then
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Speaker 1: paused a moment, as if he wished to arrange his effect.
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Speaker 1: At last, he said, the blue diamond that was found
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Speaker 1: in the tooth powder was false. You kept the genuine stone.
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Speaker 1: Arsan Dupin remained silent for a moment, then, with his
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Speaker 1: eyes fixed on the Englishman, he replied, calmly, you are impertinent,
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Speaker 1: monsieur impertinent, indeed, repeated Wilson, beaming with admiration. Yes, said Lupin.
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Speaker 1: And yet to do you credit? You have thrown a
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Speaker 1: strong light on a very mysterious subject. Not a magistrate.
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Speaker 1: The special reporter who has been engaged on this case
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Speaker 1: has come so near the truth. It is a marvelous
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Speaker 1: display of intuition and logic. No, a person has simply
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Speaker 1: to use his brains, said her. Larc shones nattered at
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Speaker 1: the homage of the expert criminal, and so few have
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Speaker 1: any brains to use, replied Lupin. And now such a
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Speaker 1: field of conjectures has been narrowed down and the rubbish
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Speaker 1: cleared away. Well, now I have simply to discover why
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Speaker 1: the three episodes were enacted at twenty five Rue claperonn
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Speaker 1: one thirty four Avenue Henri Martin, and within the walls
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Speaker 1: of the Chateau de Croison. And my work will be finished.
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Speaker 1: What remains will be child's play, don't you think so? Yes,
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Speaker 1: I think you are right in that case, Monsieur Lupin.
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Speaker 1: Am I wrong in saying that my business will be
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Speaker 1: finished in ten days? In ten days you will know
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Speaker 1: the whole truth, said Lupin, And you will be arrested. Now. No,
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Speaker 1: In order that I may be arrested, there must occur
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Speaker 1: such a series of improbable and unexpected misfortunes that I
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Speaker 1: cannot admit the possibility of such an event. We are
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Speaker 1: saying in England that the unexpected always happens. They looked
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Speaker 1: at each other for a moment, calmly and fearlessly, without
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Speaker 1: any display of bravado or malice. They met as equals
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Speaker 1: in a contest of wit and skill, and this meeting
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Speaker 1: was the formal crossing of swords preliminary to the duel. Ah,
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Speaker 1: exclaimed Leupann. At last, I shall have an adversary worthy
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Speaker 1: of the name, one whose defeat will be the proudest
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Speaker 1: achievement in my career. Are you not afraid, asked Wilson.
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Speaker 1: Almost Monsieur Wilson, replied Lupin, rising from his chair. And
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Speaker 1: the proof is that I am about to make a
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Speaker 1: hasty retreat. Then we will say ten days, Monsieur Sholmes. Yes,
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Speaker 1: ten days. This is Sunday, a week from next Wednesday.
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Speaker 1: At eight o'clock in the evening, it will be all over,
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Speaker 1: and I shall be in prison, no doubt of it.
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Speaker 1: Not a pleasant outlook for a man who gets so
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Speaker 1: much enjoyment out of life as I do. No cares,
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Speaker 1: a lively interest in the affairs of the world, a
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Speaker 1: justifiable contempt for the police, and a consoling sympathy of
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Speaker 1: numerous friends and admirers. And now behold all that is
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Speaker 1: about to be changed. It is the reverse side of
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Speaker 1: the meadow. After sunshine comes the rain. It is no
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Speaker 1: longer a laughing matter. How do you hurry up? Said Wilson,
23:02
Speaker 1: full of solicitude for a person in whom Herlock Shulmes
23:05
Speaker 1: had inspired so much respect. Do not lose a minute,
23:09
Speaker 1: Not a minute, Monsieur Wilson. But I wish to express
23:12
Speaker 1: my pleasure at having met you, and to tell you
23:15
Speaker 1: how much I envy the master and having such a
23:18
Speaker 1: valuable assistant as you seem to be. Then, after they
23:22
Speaker 1: had courteously saluted each other, like adversaries in a duel
23:25
Speaker 1: who entertained no feeling of malice, but are obliged to
23:28
Speaker 1: fight by force of circumstances, Lupin seized me by the
23:31
Speaker 1: arm and drew me outside. What do you think of it,
23:35
Speaker 1: dear boy? The strange events of this evening will form
23:39
Speaker 1: an interesting chapter in the memoirs you are now preparing
23:41
Speaker 1: for me. He closed the door of the restaurant behind us,
23:45
Speaker 1: and after taking a few steps, he stopped and said,
23:48
Speaker 1: do you smoke? No? Nor do you? It seems to
23:52
Speaker 1: me you are right, I don't. He lighted a cigarette
23:57
Speaker 1: with a wax match, which he shook several times in
23:59
Speaker 1: an effort to extinguish it. But he threw away the
24:02
Speaker 1: cigarette immediately ran across the street and joined two men
24:06
Speaker 1: who emerged from the shadows as if called by a signal.
24:09
Speaker 1: He conversed with them for a few minutes on the
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Speaker 1: opposite sidewalk, and then returned to me. I beg your pardon,
24:16
Speaker 1: but I fear that cursed Shones is going to give
24:18
Speaker 1: me trouble. But I assure you he is not yet
24:22
Speaker 1: through with our san Lupin. He will find out what
24:26
Speaker 1: kind of fuel I use to warm my blood. And now,
24:30
Speaker 1: au revoir, the genial Wilson is right. There is not
24:34
Speaker 1: a moment to lose. He walked away rapidly. Thus ended
24:39
Speaker 1: the events of that exciting evening, or at least that
24:42
Speaker 1: part of them in which I was a participant. Subsequently,
24:45
Speaker 1: during the course of the evening, others during incidents occurred
24:49
Speaker 1: which have come to my knowledge through the courtesy of
24:51
Speaker 1: other members of that unique dinner party. At the very
24:57
Speaker 1: moment in which Lupin left me, Herlock Sholmes rose from
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Speaker 1: the table and looked at his watch m twenty minutes
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Speaker 1: to nine. At nine o'clock, I am to meet the
25:06
Speaker 1: count and Countess at the railway station. Then we must
25:09
Speaker 1: be off, exclaimed Wilson, between two drinks of whiskey. They
25:13
Speaker 1: left the restaurant. Wilson, don't look behind. We may be followed,
25:18
Speaker 1: and in that case let us act as if we
25:19
Speaker 1: did not care. Wilson, I want your opinion. Why was
25:23
Speaker 1: Leeupann in that restaurant to get something to eat? Replied
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Speaker 1: Wilson quickly. Wilson, I must congratulate you on the accuracy
25:32
Speaker 1: of your deduction. I couldn't have done better myself. Wilson
25:36
Speaker 1: blushed with pleasure, and Shulmes continued to get something to
25:40
Speaker 1: eat very well, and after that, probably to assure himself
25:46
Speaker 1: whether I am going to the Chateau de Croissan, as
25:48
Speaker 1: announced by Jeannie Mard in his interview. I must go
25:52
Speaker 1: in order not to disappoint him, but in order to
25:54
Speaker 1: gain time on him. I shall not go, ah, said Wilson,
25:59
Speaker 1: non plused, you, my friend, will walk down the street,
26:03
Speaker 1: take a carriage, two three carriages, return later and get
26:07
Speaker 1: the valises that we left at the station, and make
26:10
Speaker 1: for the elise Palace at the gallop. And when I
26:14
Speaker 1: reached the Olisee Palace, engage a room, go to sleep
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Speaker 1: and await my orders. Quite proud of the important role
26:23
Speaker 1: assigned to him, Wilson set out to perform his task.
26:26
Speaker 1: Herlock Schomes proceeded to the railway station, bought a ticket,
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Speaker 1: and repaired to the Amien's Express, in which the count
26:33
Speaker 1: and Countess de Croisson were already installed. He bowed to them,
26:37
Speaker 1: lighted his pipe, and had a quiet smoke in the corridor.
26:40
Speaker 1: The train started ten minutes later. He took a seat
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Speaker 1: beside the Countess and said to her, have you the
26:46
Speaker 1: ring here, madame? Yes, will you kindly let me see it?
26:51
Speaker 1: He took it and examined it closely, m just as
26:54
Speaker 1: I suspected, it is a manufactured diamond. A manufactured diamond, yes,
27:00
Speaker 1: a new process which consists in submitting diamond dust to
27:04
Speaker 1: tremendous heat until it melts and is then molded into
27:06
Speaker 1: a single stone. But my diamond is genuine. Yes, your
27:11
Speaker 1: diamond is. But this is not yours. Where is mine?
27:16
Speaker 1: It is held by Arsan Lupin. And this stone was
27:20
Speaker 1: substituted for yours and slipped into Herblichen's tooth powder, where
27:24
Speaker 1: it was afterwards found. Then you think this is false,
27:27
Speaker 1: absolutely false. The Countess was overwhelmed with surprise and grief,
27:32
Speaker 1: while her husband scrutinized the diamond with an incredulous air. Finally,
27:37
Speaker 1: she stammered, is it possible? And why did they not
27:40
Speaker 1: merely steal it and be done with it? And how
27:43
Speaker 1: did they steal it? That is exactly what I am
27:46
Speaker 1: going to find out at the Chateau de Croissan. No,
27:50
Speaker 1: I shall leave the train at Krale and return to Paris.
27:53
Speaker 1: It is there the game between me and Arsin Lupin
27:56
Speaker 1: must be played. In fact, the game is commenced already,
27:59
Speaker 1: and Lupin thinks I'm on my way to the chateau.
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Speaker 1: But what does it matter to you, madame? The essential
28:05
Speaker 1: thing is your diamond, is it not? Yes, well, don't worry.
28:10
Speaker 1: I have just undertaken a much more difficult task than that.
28:13
Speaker 1: You have my promise that I will restore the true
28:15
Speaker 1: diamond to you within ten days. The train slackened its speed.
28:20
Speaker 1: He put the false diamond in his pocket and opened
28:23
Speaker 1: the door. The count cried out, that is the wrong
28:26
Speaker 1: side of the train. You are getting out on the tracks.
28:29
Speaker 1: That is my intention. If Lupaenn has anyone on my track,
28:32
Speaker 1: he will lose sight of me. Now adieu, An employee
28:36
Speaker 1: protested in Vain. After the departure of the train, the
28:40
Speaker 1: Englishman sought the station master's office. Forty minutes later, he
28:44
Speaker 1: leaped into a train that landed him in Paris shortly
28:46
Speaker 1: before midnight. He ran across the platform, entered the lunch room,
28:50
Speaker 1: made his exit at another door, and jumped into a
28:53
Speaker 1: cab driver Rue clap Eronn. Having reached the conclusion that
28:58
Speaker 1: he was not followed, he stopped the carriage at the
29:01
Speaker 1: end of the street and proceeded to make a careful
29:03
Speaker 1: examination of Monsieur det NaN's house and the two adjoining houses.
29:07
Speaker 1: He made measurements of certain distances and entered the figures
29:10
Speaker 1: in his note book Driver Avenue Henri Martin. At the
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Speaker 1: corner of the Avenue and the Rue de la pomp
29:18
Speaker 1: he dismissed the carriage, walked down the street to number
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Speaker 1: one thirty four, and performed the same operations in front
29:24
Speaker 1: of the house of the late Baron d'autrec and the
29:27
Speaker 1: two adjoining houses, measuring the width of their respective facades
29:31
Speaker 1: and calculating the depth of the little gardens that stood
29:33
Speaker 1: in front of them. The avenue was deserted and was
29:37
Speaker 1: very dark under its four rows of trees, between which,
29:40
Speaker 1: at considerable intervals a few gas lamps struggled in vain
29:44
Speaker 1: to light the deep shadows. One of them threw a
29:47
Speaker 1: dim light over a portion of the house, and Scholms
29:50
Speaker 1: perceived the two lette sign posted on the gate, the
29:53
Speaker 1: neglected walks which encircled the small lawn, and the large,
29:57
Speaker 1: bare windows of the vacant house. I suppose, he said
30:01
Speaker 1: to himself, the house has been unoccupied since the death
30:05
Speaker 1: of the baron Ah. If I could only get in
30:08
Speaker 1: and view the scene of the murder. No sooner did
30:11
Speaker 1: the idea occur to him than he sought to put
30:13
Speaker 1: it in execution. But how could he manage it? He
30:15
Speaker 1: could not climb over the gate, it was too high,
30:18
Speaker 1: So he took from his pocket an electric lantern and
30:21
Speaker 1: a skeleton key, which he always carried. Then, to his
30:24
Speaker 1: great surprise, he discovered that the gate was not locked.
30:27
Speaker 1: In fact, it was open about three or four inches.
30:31
Speaker 1: He entered the garden and was careful to leave the gate,
30:33
Speaker 1: as he had found it partly open. But he had
30:37
Speaker 1: not taken many steps from the gate. When he stopped,
30:40
Speaker 1: he had seen a light pass one of the windows
30:42
Speaker 1: on the second floor he saw the light pass a
30:45
Speaker 1: second window and a third, but he saw nothing else
30:48
Speaker 1: except a silhouette outlined on the walls of the rooms.
30:52
Speaker 1: The light descended to the first floor and for a
30:55
Speaker 1: long time wandered from room to room. Who the dear uses?
31:00
Speaker 1: Walking at one o'clock in the morning through the house
31:03
Speaker 1: in which the barondeal Trek was killed? Herlock Shulmes asked himself,
31:07
Speaker 1: deeply interested, there was only one way to find out,
31:11
Speaker 1: and that was to enter the house himself. He did
31:14
Speaker 1: not hesitate, but started for the door of the house. However,
31:17
Speaker 1: at the moment when he crossed the streak of gaslight
31:19
Speaker 1: that came from the street lamp, the man must have
31:22
Speaker 1: seen him, for the light in the house was suddenly extinguished,
31:25
Speaker 1: and Herlock Scholmes did not see it again. Softly, he
31:28
Speaker 1: tried the door. It was open, also hearing no sound,
31:33
Speaker 1: he advanced through the hallway, encountered the foot of the stairs,
31:36
Speaker 1: and ascended to the first floor. Here there was the
31:40
Speaker 1: same silence, the same darkness. He entered one of the
31:45
Speaker 1: rooms and approached a window through which came a feeble
31:48
Speaker 1: light from the outside. On looking through the window, he
31:51
Speaker 1: saw the man who had no doubt, descended by another
31:54
Speaker 1: stairway and escaped by another door. The man was threading
31:58
Speaker 1: his way through the shrubbery which bordered the wall that
32:00
Speaker 1: separated the two gardens. The deuce exclaimed Sholmes, he is
32:04
Speaker 1: going to escape. He hastened down the stairs and leaped
32:08
Speaker 1: over the steps in his eagerness to cut off the
32:10
Speaker 1: man's retreat, But he did not see any one, and
32:12
Speaker 1: owing to the darkness, it was several seconds before he
32:15
Speaker 1: was able to distinguish a bulky form moving through the shrubbery.
32:19
Speaker 1: This gave the Englishman food for reflection. Why had the
32:23
Speaker 1: man not made his escape, which he could have done
32:25
Speaker 1: so easily had he remained in order to watch the
32:27
Speaker 1: movements of the intruder who had disturbed him in his
32:30
Speaker 1: mysterious work At all events, concluded Scholmes. It is not Lupin.
32:35
Speaker 1: He would be more adroit. It may be one of
32:38
Speaker 1: his men. For several minutes, Herlock Sholmes remained motionless, with
32:43
Speaker 1: his gaze fixed on the adversary, who, in his turn,
32:46
Speaker 1: was watching the detective. But as that adversary had become passive,
32:50
Speaker 1: and as the Englishman was not one to consume his
32:52
Speaker 1: time in idle waiting, he examined his revolver to see
32:56
Speaker 1: if it was in good working order, removed his knife
32:58
Speaker 1: from its sheath, and walked toward the enemy with that
33:01
Speaker 1: cool effrontery and scorn of danger for which he had
33:04
Speaker 1: become famous. He heard a clicking sound. It was his
33:08
Speaker 1: adversary preparing his revolver. Herlock Schulmes dashed boldly into the
33:13
Speaker 1: thicket and grappled with his foe. There was a sharp,
33:16
Speaker 1: desperate struggle, in the course of which Shomes suspected that
33:19
Speaker 1: the man was trying to draw a knife. But the Englishman,
33:22
Speaker 1: believing his antagonist to be an accomplice of Arsan Lupin,
33:25
Speaker 1: and anxious to win the first trick in the game
33:27
Speaker 1: with that redoubtable foe, fought with unusual strength and determination.
33:31
Speaker 1: He hurled his adversary to the ground, held him there
33:34
Speaker 1: with the weight of his body, and gripping him by
33:36
Speaker 1: the throat with one hand. He used his free hand
33:38
Speaker 1: to take out his electric lantern, pressed the button, and
33:41
Speaker 1: throw the light over the face of his prisoner, Wilson.
33:45
Speaker 1: He exclaimed in amazement. Hrlock Shulmes stammered a weak, stifled voice.
33:55
Speaker 1: For a long time, they remained silent, astounded, foolish. The
34:00
Speaker 1: shriek of an automobile rent the air. A slight breeze
34:03
Speaker 1: stirred the leaves. Suddenly, Herlock Schoon seized his friend by
34:07
Speaker 1: the shoulders and shook him violently, as he cried, what
34:10
Speaker 1: are you doing here? Tell me? What did I tell
34:13
Speaker 1: you to hide in the bushes and spy on me?
34:16
Speaker 1: Spy on you, muttered Wilson. Why why? I didn't know
34:20
Speaker 1: it was you? But what are you doing here? You
34:23
Speaker 1: ought to be in bed. I was in bed. You
34:26
Speaker 1: ought to be asleep. I was asleep. Well what brought
34:29
Speaker 1: you here? Asked Sholmes. The letter my letter? I don't understand. Yes,
34:36
Speaker 1: A messenger brought it to me at hotel from me.
34:40
Speaker 1: Are you crazy? It is true? I swear it. Where
34:44
Speaker 1: is the letter? Wilson handed him a sheet of paper,
34:47
Speaker 1: which he read by the light of his lantern. It
34:49
Speaker 1: was as follows, Wilson, come at once to Avenue Henri Martin.
34:54
Speaker 1: The house is empty, inspect the whole place and make
34:57
Speaker 1: an exact plan. Then returned to hotel. Herlock shumes. I
35:02
Speaker 1: was measuring the rooms, said Wilson, when I saw a
35:05
Speaker 1: shadow in the garden. I had only one idea, that
35:09
Speaker 1: was to seize the shadow. The idea was excellent, But
35:12
Speaker 1: remember this, Wilson, whenever you receive a letter from me,
35:15
Speaker 1: be sure it is my handwriting and not a forgery. Ah,
35:20
Speaker 1: exclaimed Wilson, as the truth dawned on him. Then the
35:24
Speaker 1: letter wasn't from you. No, who sent it? Then, ur
35:30
Speaker 1: sain Lupaine? Why for what purpose? Asked Wilson. I don't know,
35:38
Speaker 1: and that's what worries me. I don't understand why he
35:41
Speaker 1: took the trouble to disturb you. Of course, if he
35:44
Speaker 1: had sent me on such a foolish errand, I wouldn't
35:46
Speaker 1: be surprised. But what was his object in disturbing you?
35:50
Speaker 1: I must hurry back to the hotel, So must i, Wilson.
35:54
Speaker 1: They arrived at the gate. Wilson, who was ahead, took
35:57
Speaker 1: hold of it and pulled Ah you closed it, he said, No,
36:03
Speaker 1: I left it partly open. Sholmes tried the gate, Then, alarmed,
36:07
Speaker 1: he examined the lock. An oath escaped him. Good God,
36:12
Speaker 1: it is locked. Locked with a key. He shook the
36:15
Speaker 1: gate with all his strength, then, realizing the futility of
36:19
Speaker 1: his efforts, he dropped his arms discouraged and muttered in
36:23
Speaker 1: a jerky manner. I can see it all now. It
36:27
Speaker 1: is Lupain. He foresaw that I would leave the train
36:30
Speaker 1: at Krale, and he prepared this neat little trap for
36:33
Speaker 1: me in case I should commence my investigation this evening. Moreover,
36:37
Speaker 1: he was kind enough to send me a companion to
36:39
Speaker 1: share my captivity. All done to make me lose a day,
36:44
Speaker 1: and perhaps also to teach me to mind my own business.
36:48
Speaker 1: Do you mean to say we are prisoners? Exactly? Hurlock,
36:52
Speaker 1: Sholmes and Wilson are the prisoners of our san Lupin.
36:56
Speaker 1: It is a bad beginning, but he laughs best who
36:59
Speaker 1: laughs last? Wilson seized Shoulmes's arm and exclaimed, look, look up,
37:06
Speaker 1: there a light. A light shone through one of the
37:10
Speaker 1: windows of the first floor. Both of them ran to
37:12
Speaker 1: the house, and each ascended by the stairs he had
37:15
Speaker 1: used on coming out a short time before, and they
37:17
Speaker 1: met again at the entrance to the lighted chamber. A
37:21
Speaker 1: small piece of candle was burning in the center of
37:23
Speaker 1: the room. Beside it there was a basket containing a bottle,
37:27
Speaker 1: a roasted chicken, and a loaf of bread. Sholmes was
37:31
Speaker 1: greatly amused and laughed heartily. A ha ha ha ha,
37:36
Speaker 1: wonderful we are invited to supper. It is really an
37:40
Speaker 1: enchanted place, a genuine fairy land. Come Wilson, cheer up.
37:46
Speaker 1: This is not a funeral. It's all very funny. Are
37:50
Speaker 1: you quite sure it is so very funny? Asked Wilson
37:54
Speaker 1: in a lugubrious tone. Am I sure, exclaimed Sholmes, with
37:59
Speaker 1: a gaiety that was too boisterous to be natural. Why
38:03
Speaker 1: to tell the truth, It's the funniest thing I ever saw.
38:06
Speaker 1: It's a jolly good comedy. What a master of sarcasm?
38:11
Speaker 1: This arsan lupin is. He makes a fool of you
38:13
Speaker 1: with the utmost grace and delicacy. I wouldn't miss this
38:17
Speaker 1: feast for all the money in the bank of England.
38:20
Speaker 1: Come Wilson, you grieve me. You should display that nobility
38:23
Speaker 1: of character which rises superior to misfortune. I don't see
38:26
Speaker 1: that you have any cause for complaint, really I don't.
38:29
Speaker 1: After a time, by dint of good humor and sarcasm,
38:32
Speaker 1: he managed to restore Wilson to his normal mood and
38:35
Speaker 1: make him swallow a morsel of chicken and a glass
38:37
Speaker 1: of wine. But when the candle went out, and they
38:40
Speaker 1: prepared to spend the night there, with the bare floor
38:42
Speaker 1: for a mattress and the hard wall for a pillow.
38:45
Speaker 1: The harsh and ridiculous side of the situation was impressed
38:48
Speaker 1: upon them. That particular incident will not form a pleasant
38:52
Speaker 1: page in the memoirs of the famous detective. Next morning,
38:56
Speaker 1: Wilson awoke stiff and cold. A slight noise tracted his attention.
39:01
Speaker 1: Herlock Sholmes was kneeling on the floor critically examining some
39:05
Speaker 1: grains of sand and studying some chalk marks, now almost effaced,
39:09
Speaker 1: which formed certain figures and numbers. Which figures he entered
39:13
Speaker 1: in his notebook. Accompanied by Wilson, who was deeply interested
39:17
Speaker 1: in the work, he examined each room and found similar
39:21
Speaker 1: chalk marks in two other apartments. He noticed also two
39:25
Speaker 1: circles on the oaken panels, an arrow on a wainscot,
39:29
Speaker 1: and four figures on four steps of the stairs. At
39:32
Speaker 1: the end of an hour, Wilson said, the figures are correct,
39:36
Speaker 1: aren't they? I don't know, but at all events they
39:41
Speaker 1: mean something, replied Sholmes, who had forgotten the discomforts of
39:45
Speaker 1: the night in the joy created by his new discoveries.
39:48
Speaker 1: It is quite obvious, said Wilson. There are present a
39:51
Speaker 1: number of pieces in the floor. Ah.
39:55
Speaker 2: Yes, And the two circles indicate that the panels are false,
39:59
Speaker 2: as you can readily ask certain, and the arrow points
40:02
Speaker 2: in the direction in which the panels move. Herlock Shomes
40:05
Speaker 2: looked at Wilson in astonishment. Ah, my dear friend, how
40:10
Speaker 2: do you know all that your clairvoyance makes my poor
40:13
Speaker 2: ability in that direction look quite insignificant? Oh, it is
40:17
Speaker 2: very simple, said Wilson, inflated with pride. I examined those
40:22
Speaker 2: marks last night according to your instructions, or rather according
40:26
Speaker 2: to the instructions.
40:27
Speaker 1: Of Arsain Lupin, since he wrote the letter you sent
40:30
Speaker 1: to me. At that moment, Wilson faced a greater danger
40:33
Speaker 1: than he had during his struggle in the garden with
40:35
Speaker 1: Herlock Shomes. The latter now felt the furious desire to
40:39
Speaker 1: strangle him, but dominating his feelings, Shomes made a grimace
40:43
Speaker 1: which was intended for a smile, and said, quite so, Wilson,
40:48
Speaker 1: You have done well, and your work shows commendable progress.
40:53
Speaker 1: But tell me have you exercised your powers of observation
40:56
Speaker 1: and analysis on any other points? I might profit by
41:00
Speaker 1: your deductions. Oh no, I went no farther. That's a pity.
41:06
Speaker 1: Your debut is such a promising one. But since that
41:09
Speaker 1: is all, we may as well go go. But how
41:14
Speaker 1: can we get out the way? All honest people go
41:17
Speaker 1: out through the gate, But it is locked. It will
41:21
Speaker 1: be opened by whom please call the two policemen who
41:25
Speaker 1: are strolling down the avenue. But but what it is
41:31
Speaker 1: very humiliating. What will be said when it becomes known
41:35
Speaker 1: that Herlock Shomes and Wilson were the prisoners of our
41:37
Speaker 1: San Lupin. Of course I understand they will roar with laughter,
41:42
Speaker 1: replied her Lock Sholmes, in a dry voice and with
41:45
Speaker 1: frowning features. But we can't set up housekeeping in this place,
41:51
Speaker 1: and you will not try to find another way out. No,
41:56
Speaker 1: but the man who brought us the basket of provisions
41:58
Speaker 1: did not cross the guard coming or going. There is
42:02
Speaker 1: some other way out. Let us look for it and
42:05
Speaker 1: not bother with the police. Your argument is sound, but
42:09
Speaker 1: you forget that all the detectives in Paris have been
42:12
Speaker 1: trying to find it for the last six months, and
42:15
Speaker 1: that I searched the house from top to bottom while
42:17
Speaker 1: you were asleep. Ah, my dear Wilson. We have not
42:20
Speaker 1: been accustomed to pursue such game as our sin Lupin.
42:24
Speaker 1: He leaves no trail behind him. At eleven o'clock, Herlock,
42:30
Speaker 1: Scholmes and Wilson were liberated and conducted to the nearest
42:34
Speaker 1: police station, where the commissary, after subjecting them to a
42:37
Speaker 1: severe examination, released them with an affectation of good will
42:41
Speaker 1: that was quite exasperating. I am very sorry, messieurs, that
42:46
Speaker 1: this unfortunate incident has occurred. You will have a very
42:49
Speaker 1: poor opinion of French hospitality. Mon dieu, what a night
42:53
Speaker 1: you must have passed. Ah, and rascally Lupin is no
42:56
Speaker 1: respector of persons. They took a carriage to their hotel
43:00
Speaker 1: tell At the office, Wilson asked for the key of
43:03
Speaker 1: his room. After some search, the clerk replied, much astonished,
43:07
Speaker 1: but monsieur, you have given up the room. I gave
43:11
Speaker 1: it top when this morning by the letter your friend
43:15
Speaker 1: brought here? What friend? The gentleman who brought your letter? Ah,
43:21
Speaker 1: your card is still attached as a letter. Here they are.
43:24
Speaker 1: Wilson looked at them. Certainly it was one of his cards,
43:28
Speaker 1: and the letter was in his handwriting Good lord. He
43:32
Speaker 1: muttered this was another of his tricks, and he added aloud,
43:36
Speaker 1: where is my luggage? Your friend took it, Bah, and
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Speaker 1: you gave it to him, certainly on the strength of
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Speaker 1: your letter and card. Of course, of course, they left
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Speaker 1: the hotel and walked slowly and thoughtfully through the charmsis Lise.
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Speaker 1: The avenue was bright and cheerful beneath the clear autumn sun.
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Speaker 1: The air was mild and pleasant. At rand point, Herlock
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Speaker 1: Sholmes lighted his pipe. Then Wilson spoke, I can't understand you, Sholmes.
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Speaker 1: You are so calm and unruffled. They play with you
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Speaker 1: as a cat plays with a mouse, and yet you
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Speaker 1: do not say a word. Sholmes stopped as he replied Wilson,
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Speaker 1: I was thinking of your card. Well, the point is this.
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Speaker 1: Here is a man who, in view of a possible
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Speaker 1: struggle with us, procures specimens of our handwriting, and who
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Speaker 1: holds in his possession one or more of your cards.
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Speaker 1: Now have you considered how much precaution and skill those
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Speaker 1: facts represent well, well, Wilson, To overcome an enemy so
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Speaker 1: well prepared and so thoroughly equipped, requires the infinite shrewdness
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Speaker 1: of of a herlock. Sholmes, and yet, as you have
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Speaker 1: seen Wilson, I have lost the first round. At six o'clock,
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Speaker 1: the Echo de France published the following article in its
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Speaker 1: evening edition. This morning, Monsieur Finnard, Commissary of Police in
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Speaker 1: the sixteenth District, released herloc Scholmes and his friend Wilson,
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Speaker 1: both of whom had been locked in the house of
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Speaker 1: the late Baron D'autrecht, where they spent a very pleasant
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Speaker 1: night thanks to the thoughtful care and attention of Arsan Lupin.
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Speaker 1: In addition to their other troubles, these gentlemen have been
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Speaker 1: robbed of their valises, and in consequence thereof they have
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Speaker 1: entered a formal complaint against Arsain Lupin. Arsain Lupin, satisfied
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Speaker 1: that he has given them a mild reproof, hopes these
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Speaker 1: gentlemen will not force him to resort to more stringent measures.
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Speaker 1: Bah exclaimed herloc Sholmes, crossing the paper in his hands.
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Speaker 1: That is only child's play, and that is the only
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Speaker 1: criticism I have to make of Arsain Lupin. He plays
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Speaker 1: to the gallery. There is that much of the fake
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Speaker 1: here in him. Ah Sholmes, you are a wonderful man.
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Speaker 1: You have such a command over your temper, nothing ever
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Speaker 1: disturbs you. No, nothing disturbs me, replied Sholmes in a
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Speaker 1: voice that trembled from rage. Besides, what's the use of
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Speaker 1: losing my temper? I am quite confident of the final result.
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Speaker 1: I shall have the last word. End of Chapter three.