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

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Speaker 1: Chapter six, second arrest of Arsan Lupin. Since eight o'clock
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Speaker 1: a dozen moving vans had encumbered the Rue Crevais between
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Speaker 1: the Avenue du Bois de Boulonne and the Avenue Boujad.
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Speaker 1: Monsieur Philipe's Davy was leaving the apartment in which he
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Speaker 1: lived on the fourth floor of number eight, and Monsieur Dubrayl,
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Speaker 1: who had united into a single apartment the fifth floor
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Speaker 1: of the same house and the fifth floor of the
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Speaker 1: two adjoining houses, was moving on the same day, a
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Speaker 1: mere coincidence, since the gentlemen were unknown to each other.
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Speaker 1: The vast collection of furniture regarding which so many foreign
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Speaker 1: agents visited him every day, a circumstance which had been
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Speaker 1: noticed by some of the neighbors but was not spoken
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Speaker 1: of until later. Was this None of the twelve vans
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Speaker 1: bore the name and address of the owner, and none
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Speaker 1: of the men accompanying them visited the neighboring wine shops.
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Speaker 1: They worked so diligently that the furniture was all out
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Speaker 1: by eleven o'clock. Nothing remained but those scraps of papers
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Speaker 1: and rags that are always left behind in the corners
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Speaker 1: of the empty rooms. Monsieur Felix Davy, an elegant young
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Speaker 1: man dressed in the latest fashion, carried in his hand
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Speaker 1: a walking stick, the weight of which indicated that its
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Speaker 1: owner possessed extraordinary biceps. Monsieur Felix Davy walked calmly away
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Speaker 1: and took a seat on a bench in the Avenue
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Speaker 1: de Bois de Boulogne, facing the Rue Pergolaise. Close to him,
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Speaker 1: a woman dressed in a neat but inexpensive costume was
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Speaker 1: reading a newspaper whilst a child was playing with a
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Speaker 1: shovel in a heap of sand. After a few minutes,
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Speaker 1: Felix Davy spoke to the woman without turning his head.
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Speaker 1: Jeanniemrd went out at nine o'clock this morning. Where to
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Speaker 1: police headquarters alone? Yes, no telegram during the night. No,
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Speaker 1: do they suspect you in the house. No. I do
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Speaker 1: some little things for Madame Jeaniemard, and she tells me
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Speaker 1: everything her husband does. I have and with her all morning,
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Speaker 1: very well, until feather orders come here every day at
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Speaker 1: eleven o'clock. He rose and walked away in the direction
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Speaker 1: of the Dauphine Gate, stopping at the Chinese Pavilion, where
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Speaker 1: he partook of a frugal repast consisting of two eggs
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Speaker 1: with some fruit and vegetables. Then he returned to the
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Speaker 1: rue Cravals and said to the concierge, I will just
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Speaker 1: glance through the rooms and then give you the keys.
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Speaker 1: He finished his inspection of the room that he had
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Speaker 1: used as a library. Then he seized the end of
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Speaker 1: a gas pipe which hung down the side of the chimney.
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Speaker 1: The pipe was bent and the hole made in the elbow.
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Speaker 1: To this hole, he fitted a small instrument in the
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Speaker 1: form of an ear trumpet, and blew into it. A
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Speaker 1: slight whistling sound came by way of reply. Placing the
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Speaker 1: trumpet to his mouth, he said, any one around dubriil, no,
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Speaker 1: may I come up? Is He returned the pipe to
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Speaker 1: its place, saying to himself, how progressive we are. All
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Speaker 1: century abounds with little inventions which render life really charming
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Speaker 1: and picturesque and so amusing, especially when a person knows
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Speaker 1: how to enjoy life as I do. He turned one
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Speaker 1: of the marble moldings of the mantle, and the entire
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Speaker 1: half of the mantle moved, and the mirror above it
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Speaker 1: glided in invisible grooves, disclosing and opening, and the lower
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Speaker 1: steps of the stairs built in the very body of
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Speaker 1: the chimney, all very clean and complete. The stairs were
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Speaker 1: constructed of polished metal, and the walls of white tiles.
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Speaker 1: He ascended the steps, and at the fifth floor there
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Speaker 1: was the same opening in the chimney. Monsieur de Briel
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Speaker 1: was waiting for him. Have you finished in your rooms? Yes,
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Speaker 1: arizing cleared out? Yes, and the people only the three
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Speaker 1: men on guard very well. Come on. They ascended to
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Speaker 1: the upper floor by the same means, one after the other,
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Speaker 1: and there found three men, one of whom was looking
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Speaker 1: through the window. Anything new, nothing gov'nor all quiet in
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Speaker 1: the street. Yes, in ten minutes I will be ready
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Speaker 1: to leave. You will go also. But in the meantime,
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Speaker 1: if you see the least suspicious movement in the street,
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Speaker 1: warn me. I have my finger on the alarm bell
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Speaker 1: all the time. To Braille, did you tell the moving
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Speaker 1: man not to touch the wire of that bell? Certainly
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Speaker 1: it is working all right, That is all I want
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Speaker 1: to know. The two gentlemen then descended to the apartment
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Speaker 1: of Felix Davy and the ladder. After adjusting the marble mantle,
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Speaker 1: exclaimed joyfully du Braille. I should like to see the
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Speaker 1: man who is able to discover all the ingenious devices,
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Speaker 1: warning bells, networks of electric wires and acoustic tubes invisibelle passages,
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Speaker 1: moving floors and hidden stairways, a real fair land. What
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Speaker 1: fame for our san lupin the fame I could well
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Speaker 1: dispense with. It's a pity to be compelled to leave
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Speaker 1: a place so well equipped and commence all over again, Debraille,
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Speaker 1: and on a new model, of course, for it would
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Speaker 1: never do to duplicate this curse. Herlock shons. Has he
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Speaker 1: returned to Paris? How could he? There has been only
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Speaker 1: one boat from Southampton, and it left there at midnight.
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Speaker 1: Only one train from have leaving there at eight o'clock
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Speaker 1: this morning, and due in Paris at eleven fifteen. As
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Speaker 1: he could not catch the midnight boat at Southampton, and
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Speaker 1: the instructions of the captain on that point were explicit,
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Speaker 1: he cannot reach France until this evening, via new Haven
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Speaker 1: and Thieppe. Do you think he will come back? Yes,
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Speaker 1: he never gives up. He will return to Paris, but
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Speaker 1: it will be too late. We will be far away.
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Speaker 1: And Mademoiselle de Stanche, I am to see her in
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Speaker 1: an hour at her house. Oh no, she will not
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Speaker 1: paturn there for several days. But you, Dobrayl, you must hurry.
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Speaker 1: The loading of our goods will take a long time,
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Speaker 1: and you should be there to look after them. Are
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Speaker 1: you sure that we are not being watched by whom?
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Speaker 1: I am not afraid of any one but Sholmes Dubrayl retired.
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Speaker 1: Felix Davy made a last tour of the apartment, picked
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Speaker 1: up two or three torn letters. Then, noticing a piece
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Speaker 1: of chalk, he took it and on the dark paper
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Speaker 1: of the drawing room drew a large frame and wrote
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Speaker 1: within it to the following ar San Lupin Gentleman Burglar
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Speaker 1: lived here for five years at the beginning of the
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Speaker 1: twentieth century. This little pleasantry seemed to please him very much.
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Speaker 1: He looked at it for a moment, whistling a lively air,
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Speaker 1: then said to himself, Now that I have placed myself
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Speaker 1: in touch with the historians of future Jenny orations, I
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Speaker 1: can go. You must hurry, Herlock Shonnes, as I shall
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Speaker 1: leave my present abode in three minutes, and your defeat
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Speaker 1: will be an accomplished fact. Two minutes more. Now, you
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Speaker 1: are keeping me waiting, Monsieur Cholmes, one minute more? Are
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Speaker 1: you not coming? Well? Then I proclaim your downfall and
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Speaker 1: my apotheosis, and now I make my escape. Farewell, Kingdom
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Speaker 1: of our San Lupin. I shall never see you again.
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Speaker 1: Farewell to is the fifty five rooms of the six
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Speaker 1: apartments over which I reigned. Farewell my own royal bedchamber.
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Speaker 1: His outburst of joy was interrupted by the sharp ringing
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Speaker 1: of a bell, which stopped twice, started again, and then ceased.
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Speaker 1: It was the alarm bell. What was wrong? What unforeseen danger?
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Speaker 1: Johnny mard No, that was impossible. He was on the
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Speaker 1: point of returning to his library and making his escape,
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Speaker 1: But first he went to the window. There was no
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Speaker 1: one in the street. Was the enemy already in the house.
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Speaker 1: He listened and thought he could discern certain confused sounds.
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Speaker 1: He hesitated no longer. He ran to his library, and
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Speaker 1: as he crossed the threshold he heard the noise of
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Speaker 1: a key being inserted in the lock of the vestibule door.
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Speaker 1: The deuce, he murmured, I have no time to lose.
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Speaker 1: The house may be surrounded the servant stairway. Impossible. Fortunately,
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Speaker 1: there is the chimney. He pushed the molding. It did
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Speaker 1: not move. He made a greater effort. Still it refused
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Speaker 1: to move. At the same time, he had the impression
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Speaker 1: that the door below opened, and that he could hear footsteps.
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Speaker 1: Good God, he cried, I am lost. If this curseth mechanism,
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Speaker 1: he pushed with all his strength. Nothing moved. Nothing. By
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Speaker 1: some incredible accident, by some evil stroke of fortune, the mechanism,
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Speaker 1: which had worked only a few moments ago, would not work. Now.
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Speaker 1: He was furious. The block of marble remained immovable. He
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Speaker 1: uttered frightful imprecations on the senseless stone. Was his escape
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Speaker 1: to be prevented by that stupid obstacle. He struck the
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Speaker 1: marble wildly, madly, he hammered it. He cursed it. Ah,
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Speaker 1: what's the matter, monsieur Lupin, You seem to be displeased
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Speaker 1: about something. Lupin turned around. Herlock Shons stood before him,
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Speaker 1: Herlock Shoons. Lupin gazed at him with squinting eyes, as
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Speaker 1: if his sight were defective and misleading. Herlock Shows in Paris.
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Speaker 1: Herlock Shows, whom he had shipped to England only the
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Speaker 1: day before as a dangerous person, now stood before him
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Speaker 1: free and victorious. Ah Ah, such a thing was nothing
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Speaker 1: less than a miracle. It was contrary to all natural laws.
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Speaker 1: It was the culmination of all that is illogical and abnormal.
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Speaker 1: Herlock shomes here before his face, and when the Englishman spoke,
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Speaker 1: his words were tinged with that keen sarcasm and mocking
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Speaker 1: politeness with which his adversary had so often lashed him.
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Speaker 1: He said, Monsieur leu Pinne. In the first place, I
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Speaker 1: have the honor to inform you that at this time
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Speaker 1: and place, I blot from my memory forever all thoughts
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Speaker 1: of the miserable night that you forced me to endure
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Speaker 1: in the house of Baron Dalutrek, of the injury done
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Speaker 1: to my friend Wilson, of my abduction in the automobile,
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Speaker 1: and of the voyage I took yesterday under your orders,
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Speaker 1: bound to a very uncomfortable couch. But the joy of
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Speaker 1: this moment effaces all those bitter memories. I forgive everything,
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Speaker 1: I forget everything. I wipe out the debt I am
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Speaker 1: paid and royally paid. Lupin made no reply, so the
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Speaker 1: Englishman continued, don't you think so yourself? He appeared to insist,
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Speaker 1: as if demanding an acquiescence as a sort of receipt
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Speaker 1: in regard to the part. After a moment's reflection during
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Speaker 1: which the Englishman felt that he was scrutinized to the
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Speaker 1: very depth of his soul, Lupin declared, I presume, monsieur,
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Speaker 1: that your conduct is based upon serious motives, very serious.
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Speaker 1: The fact that you have escaped from my captain and
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Speaker 1: his crew is only a secondary incident of our struggle.
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Speaker 1: But the fact that you are here before me, alone,
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Speaker 1: understand alone, face to face with Arsan Lupin, leads me
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Speaker 1: to think that your revenge is as complete as possible,
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Speaker 1: as complete as possible. This house surrounded, the two adjoining
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Speaker 1: houses surrounded the apartment above this. The three apartments on
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Speaker 1: the fifth floor that were formerly occupied by Monsieur Dubrayle
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Speaker 1: are surrounded saws, so that you are captured, Monsieur Lupin,
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Speaker 1: absolutely captured. The feelings that Scholmes had experienced during his
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Speaker 1: trip in the automobile were now suffered by Lupin, the
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Speaker 1: same concentrated fury, the same revolt, and also let us
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Speaker 1: admit the same loyalty of submission to force of circumstances,
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Speaker 1: equally brave in victory or defeat. Our accounts are squared, monsieur,
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Speaker 1: said Lupin frankly. The Englishman was pleased with that confession.
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Speaker 1: After a short silence, Leupin, now quite self possessed, said smiling,
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Speaker 1: and I am not sorry. It becomes monotonous to win
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Speaker 1: alls a time. Yesterday I had only to stretch off
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Speaker 1: my hands to finish you forever. Today I belong to you.
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Speaker 1: The game is yours. Lupan laughed heartily, and then continued,
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Speaker 1: at last, the gallery will be entertained Lupin in prison?
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Speaker 1: How would he get out? In prison? What an adventure?
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Speaker 1: Ah Shulm's life is just one damn thing after another.
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Speaker 1: He pressed his closed hands to his temples, as if
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Speaker 1: to suppress the tumultuous joy that surged within him, and
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Speaker 1: his actions indicated that he was moved by an uncontrollable mirth.
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Speaker 1: At last, when he had recovered his self possession, he
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Speaker 1: approached the detective and said, and now what are you
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Speaker 1: waiting for? What am I waiting for? Yes, shanny Mad
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Speaker 1: is here with his men. Why don't they come in?
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Speaker 1: I asked him not to, and he consented. I accepted
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Speaker 1: his services on condition that he would be guided by me. Besides,
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Speaker 1: he thinks that Felix Davy is only an accomplice of
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Speaker 1: our San Lupin. Then I will repeat my question in
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Speaker 1: another form. Why did you come in alone? Because I
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Speaker 1: wish to speak to you alone? Ah ah, you have
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Speaker 1: something to say to me. That idea seemed to please
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Speaker 1: Lupin immensely. There are certain circumstances in which words are
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Speaker 1: preferable to deeds. Messieurs shoons. I am sorry, I cannot
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Speaker 1: offer you an easy chair. How would you like that
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Speaker 1: broken box? Or perhaps you would prefer as a window ledge.
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Speaker 1: I'm sure a glass of beer would be welcome, light
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Speaker 1: or dark. But sit down, please, thank you. We can
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Speaker 1: talk as we well. Standing up, very well, proceed I
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Speaker 1: will be brief. The object of my sojourn in France
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Speaker 1: was not to accomplish your arrest. If I have been
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Speaker 1: led to pursue you, it was because I saw no
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Speaker 1: other way to achieve my real object, which was to
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Speaker 1: recover the blue diamond. The blue diamond, certainly, since the
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Speaker 1: one found in her Blacen's toothpowder was only an imitation.
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Speaker 1: Quite right, the genuine diamond was taken by the blonde lady.
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Speaker 1: I made an exact duplicate of it. And then, as
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Speaker 1: I had designs on other jewels belonging to the Countess,
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Speaker 1: and as the console her Blachen was already under suspicion,
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Speaker 1: the afore said blonde lady, in order to avert suspicion,
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Speaker 1: slipped the false stone into the aforesaid consul's luggage, while
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Speaker 1: you kept the genuine diamond. Of course, that diamond. I
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Speaker 1: want it. I am very sorry, but it is impossible.
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Speaker 1: I have promised it to the Countess de Croisson. I
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Speaker 1: must have it. How will you get it? Since it
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Speaker 1: is in my possession. That is precisely the reason, Because
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Speaker 1: it is in your possession. Oh, I am to give
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Speaker 1: it to you. Yes, voluntarily, I will buy it, Ah,
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Speaker 1: exclaimed Lupine, in an excess of mirth. You are certainly
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Speaker 1: an Englishman. You treat this as a matter of business.
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Speaker 1: It is a matter of business. Well, what is your offer?
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Speaker 1: The liberty of Mademoiselle de' stanche, her liberty. I didn't
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Speaker 1: know she was under arrest. I will give Monsieur Jeannie
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Speaker 1: Maude a necessary information. When deprived of your protection, she
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Speaker 1: can readily be taken. Lupine laughed again and said, oh
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Speaker 1: my dear monsieur, you are offering me something you do
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Speaker 1: not possess. Mademoiselle de Stange is in a place of
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Speaker 1: safety and has nothing to fear. You must make me
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Speaker 1: another offer. The Englishman hesitated, visibly, embarrassed and vexed. Then,
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Speaker 1: placing his hand on the shoulder of his adversary, he said,
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Speaker 1: and if I should propose to you my LIBERALTI no,
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Speaker 1: but I can leave the room to consult with Jeannie
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Speaker 1: Mard and to leave me alone. Yes, ah, mon dieu,
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Speaker 1: what good will that be? The cursed mechanism will not work,
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Speaker 1: said Lupin, at the same time, savagely pushing the molding
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Speaker 1: of the mantle. He stifled a cry of surprise. This
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Speaker 1: time fortune favored him, the block of marble moved. It
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Speaker 1: was his salvation, his hope of escape. In that event,
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Speaker 1: why submit to the conditions posed by Sholmes. He paced
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Speaker 1: up and down the room as if he were considering
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Speaker 1: his reply. Then, in his turn, he placed his hand
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Speaker 1: on the shoulder of his adversary and said, all things considered,
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Speaker 1: Monsieur Sholmes, I prefer to do my own business in
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Speaker 1: my own way. But no, I don't require anyone's assistance.
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Speaker 1: When Jenny Mark gets his hand on you, it will
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Speaker 1: be all over. You can't escape from them. Who knows come.
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Speaker 1: That is foolish. Every door and window is guarded except one,
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Speaker 1: which the one I will choose. Mere words, your arrest
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Speaker 1: is as good as maid. Oh, no, not at all. Well,
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Speaker 1: I shall keep the blue diamond. Sholmes looked at his
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Speaker 1: watch and said, it is now ten minutes to three.
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Speaker 1: At three o'clock, I shall call Jeannie mard Wells. Then
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Speaker 1: we have ten minutes to chat and to satisfy my curiosity,
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Speaker 1: Monsieur Sholmes, I should like to know how you procured
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Speaker 1: my address and my name of Felix Davey. Although his
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Speaker 1: adversary's easy manner caused Schome some anxiety, he was willing
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Speaker 1: to give lupin the desired information since it reflected credit
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Speaker 1: on his professional astuteness. So he replied, your address, I
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Speaker 1: got it from the blonde lady Clote Tilda herself. Do
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Speaker 1: you remember yesterday morning when I wished to take her
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Speaker 1: away in the automobile she telephoned her dressmaker. Well, well,
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Speaker 1: I understood later that you were the dressmaker, and last
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Speaker 1: night on the boat by exercising my memory, and my
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Speaker 1: memory is something I have good reason to be proud of.
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Speaker 1: I was able to recollect the last two figures of
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Speaker 1: your telephone number seven to three. Then, as I possessed
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Speaker 1: a list of the houses you had improved, it was
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Speaker 1: an easy matter on my arrival in Paris at eleven
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Speaker 1: o'clock this morning, to search in the telephone directory and
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Speaker 1: find there the name and address of Felix Davy. Having
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Speaker 1: obtained that information, I asked the aid of Monsieur ge Aennimard, admirable.
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Speaker 1: I congratulate you, but how did you manage to catch
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Speaker 1: the eight o'clock train at Havre? How did you escape
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Speaker 1: from the swallow? I did not escape, but you ordered
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Speaker 1: the captain not to reach Southampton before one o'clock. He
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Speaker 1: landed me there at midnight. I was able to catch
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Speaker 1: the twelve o'clock boat for Havre. Did the captain betray me?
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Speaker 1: I can't believe it. No, he did not betray you. Well,
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Speaker 1: what's then? It was his watch? His watch? Yes, I
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Speaker 1: put it to head one hour, how in the usual
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Speaker 1: way by turning the hands. We were sitting side by
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Speaker 1: side talking and I was telling him some funny stories.
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Speaker 1: Why he never saw me do it, powful, a very
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Speaker 1: clever check. Oh, I shall not forget it. But the
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Speaker 1: clock that was hanging on the wall of the cabin ah.
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Speaker 1: The clock was a more difficult matter, as my feet
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Speaker 1: were tied. But the sailor who guarded me during the
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Speaker 1: captain's absence, was kind enough to turn the hands for me.
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Speaker 1: He nonsense, he wouldn't do it. Oh, but he didn't
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Speaker 1: know the importance of his act. I told him I
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Speaker 1: must catch the first train for London at any price.
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Speaker 1: And he allowed himself to be persuaded by means, all,
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Speaker 1: by means of a slight gift which the excellent fellow,
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Speaker 1: loyal and true to his master to send to you.
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Speaker 1: What was it a mere trifle? But what the blue diamond?
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Speaker 1: It's a blue diamond, Yes, the false stone that you
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Speaker 1: substituted for the countess's diamond. She gave it to me.
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Speaker 1: There was a sudden explosure of violent laughter. Lupan laughed
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Speaker 1: until the tears started in his eyes. An de but
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Speaker 1: it is funny my fuzz diamond palmed off on my
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Speaker 1: innocent sailor and the captain's what and the hands of
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Speaker 1: the clock. Shulmes felt that the duel between him and
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Speaker 1: Lupan was keener than ever. His marvelous instinct warned him
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Speaker 1: that behind his adversary's display of mirth, there was a
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Speaker 1: shrewd intellect debating the ways and means to escape. Gradually,
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Speaker 1: Lupan approached the Englishman, who recoiled and unconsciously slipped his
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Speaker 1: hand into his watch pocket. It is three o'clock, monsieur Lupin.
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Speaker 1: Three o'clock already. What a pity. We were enjoying our
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Speaker 1: chat so much. I am waiting for your answer, my answer,
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Speaker 1: mon dieu, But you are particular and saw. This is
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Speaker 1: the last move in our little game, and the stake
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Speaker 1: is my liberty or the blue diamond. Very well, it's
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Speaker 1: your play. What are you going to do? I play
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Speaker 1: the king, said Scholmes as he fired his revolver, and
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Speaker 1: iy Ace replied Lupin as he struck at Schrimes with
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Speaker 1: his fist. Sholmes had fired into the air as a
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Speaker 1: signal to Jeannie Mard, whose assistance he required, but Lupin's
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Speaker 1: fist had caught Schomes in the mouth and caused him
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Speaker 1: to double up with pain. Lupin rushed to the fireplace
23:57
Speaker 1: and set the marble slab in motion. Too late, the
24:00
Speaker 1: door opened, Sorender Lupano, I fire Jehennimrd, doubtless station closer
24:06
Speaker 1: than Lupin had thought. Jennimard was there with his revolver
24:10
Speaker 1: turned on Lupin, and behind Jeannimard there were twenty men,
24:13
Speaker 1: strong and ruthless fellows who would beat him like a
24:16
Speaker 1: dog at the least sign of resistance. Hands down, I surrender,
24:22
Speaker 1: said Lupin calmly, as he folded his arms across his breast.
24:28
Speaker 1: Everyone was amazed. In the room, divested of its furniture
24:32
Speaker 1: and hangings arsan. Lupin's words sounded like an echo. I surrender.
24:40
Speaker 1: It seemed incredible. No one would have been astonished if
24:43
Speaker 1: he had suddenly vanished through a trap, or if a
24:46
Speaker 1: section of the wall had rolled away and allowed him
24:48
Speaker 1: to escape. But he surrendered. Jennimrd advanced nervously and with
24:55
Speaker 1: all the gravity that the importance of the occasion demanded.
24:58
Speaker 1: He placed his hand on the shore of his adversary
25:01
Speaker 1: and had the infinite pleasure of saying, I arrest you,
25:05
Speaker 1: ar saint Lupin, said Lupin. You make me shiver, My
25:11
Speaker 1: dear Jeannie Mard, what a lugubrious face. One would imagine
25:17
Speaker 1: you were speaking over the grave of a friend. For
25:20
Speaker 1: Heaven's sake, don't assume such a funereal air. I arrest you.
25:27
Speaker 1: Don't let that worry you, in the name of the law,
25:30
Speaker 1: of which he is a well deserving pillar. Johnnie Mard,
25:34
Speaker 1: the celebrated Parisian detective, arrests the wicked Arsin Lupin, an
25:41
Speaker 1: historic event of which you will appreciate the true importance.
25:46
Speaker 1: And it is the second time that it has happened. Pravo,
25:50
Speaker 1: Jennie Mard, you are sure of advancement in your chosen profession.
25:56
Speaker 1: And he held out his wrists for the handcuffs. Jhni
26:00
Speaker 1: adjusted them in a most solemn manner. The numerous policemen,
26:04
Speaker 1: despite their customary presumption and the bitterness of their feelings
26:08
Speaker 1: toward Lupin, conducted themselves with becoming modesty, astonished at being
26:13
Speaker 1: permitted to gaze upon that mysterious and intangible creature. My
26:19
Speaker 1: poor Lupin, sighed our hero, What would your aristocratic friends
26:25
Speaker 1: say if they should see you in this humiliating position.
26:30
Speaker 1: He pulled his wrists apart with all his strength, The
26:33
Speaker 1: veins in his forehead expanded, the links of the chain
26:37
Speaker 1: cut into his flesh. The chain fell off, broken. Another
26:43
Speaker 1: comrades that one was useless. They placed two on him,
26:48
Speaker 1: this time quite right, he said, you cannot be too careful. Then,
26:56
Speaker 1: counting the detectives and policemen, he said, how many are you,
27:01
Speaker 1: my friends? Twenty five thirty? That's too many. I can't
27:07
Speaker 1: do anything. Ah, if there had been only fifteen. There
27:14
Speaker 1: was something fascinating about Lupin. It was the fascination of
27:18
Speaker 1: the great actor, who plays his role with spirit and understanding,
27:22
Speaker 1: combined with assurance and ease. Sholmes regarded him as one
27:26
Speaker 1: might regard a beautiful painting, with a due appreciation of
27:30
Speaker 1: all its perfection and coloring and technique. And he really
27:34
Speaker 1: thought that it was an equal struggle between those thirty
27:36
Speaker 1: men on one side, armed as they were, with all
27:39
Speaker 1: the strength and majesty of the law, and on the
27:42
Speaker 1: other side that solitary individual, unarmed and handcuffed. Yes, the
27:48
Speaker 1: two sides were well matched. Well, master, said Lupan to
27:55
Speaker 1: the Englishman, this is your work. Thanks to you, is
28:00
Speaker 1: going to rot on the damp straw of a dungeon.
28:04
Speaker 1: Confess that your conscience pricks you a little, and that
28:07
Speaker 1: your soul is filled with remorse. In spite of himself,
28:12
Speaker 1: Sholmes shrugged his shoulders as if to say, it's your
28:16
Speaker 1: own fault. Never never exclaimed Lupan give you the blue diamond.
28:23
Speaker 1: Oh no, it has cost me too much trouble. I
28:27
Speaker 1: intend to keep it on my occasion of my first
28:30
Speaker 1: visit to you in London, which will probably be next month.
28:34
Speaker 1: I will tell you my reasons. But will you be
28:37
Speaker 1: in London next month? Or do you prefer Vienna or
28:40
Speaker 1: Saint Petersburg. Then Lupan received a surprise. A bell commenced
28:46
Speaker 1: to ring. It was not the alarm bell, but the
28:50
Speaker 1: bell of the telephone, which was located between the two
28:52
Speaker 1: windows of the room and had not yet been removed
28:56
Speaker 1: the telephone. Ah, who could it be? Who was about
29:01
Speaker 1: to fall into this unfortunate trap? Arsan Lupin exhibited an
29:06
Speaker 1: access of rage against the unlucky instrument, as if he
29:09
Speaker 1: would like to break it into a thousand pieces and
29:12
Speaker 1: thus stifle the mysterious voice that was calling for him.
29:16
Speaker 1: But it was Jeannie Mard who took down the receiver
29:18
Speaker 1: and said, hello, hello number six four eight seven three, Yes,
29:26
Speaker 1: this is it. Then Schulmes stepped up and with an
29:29
Speaker 1: air of authority, pushed Janni mart Aside, took the receiver
29:33
Speaker 1: and covered the transmitter with his handkerchief in order to
29:35
Speaker 1: obscure the tone of his voice. At that moment, he
29:39
Speaker 1: glanced toward Lupin, and the look which they exchanged indicated
29:42
Speaker 1: that the same idea had occurred to each of them,
29:45
Speaker 1: and that they foresaw the ultimate result of that theory.
29:49
Speaker 1: It was the blonde lady who was telephoning. She wished
29:53
Speaker 1: to telephone to Felix Davey, or rather to Maxim Bermond,
29:57
Speaker 1: and it was to Shulm's she was about to speak.
30:01
Speaker 1: The Englishman said hello, Hello, then after a silence, he said, yes,
30:09
Speaker 1: it is I Maxim. The drama had commenced and was
30:14
Speaker 1: progressing with tragic precision Leupen. The irrepressible and nonchalant Lupin,
30:20
Speaker 1: did not attempt to conceal his anxiety, and he strained
30:24
Speaker 1: every nerve in a desire to hear or at least
30:27
Speaker 1: to divine the purport of the conversation. And Sholmes continued
30:32
Speaker 1: in reply to the mysterious voice, Hello, Hello, Yes, everything
30:39
Speaker 1: has been moved and I am just ready to leave
30:41
Speaker 1: here and meet you as we agreed where where you are? Now?
30:48
Speaker 1: Don't believe that he is here yet. Shulmes stopped speaking
30:52
Speaker 1: for words. It was clear that he was trying to
30:55
Speaker 1: question the girl without betraying himself, and that he was
30:58
Speaker 1: ignorant of her whereabouts. Moreover, Jennimard's presence seemed to embarrass him. Ah,
31:04
Speaker 1: if some miracle would only interrupt that cursed conversation, Lupin
31:08
Speaker 1: prayed for it with all his strength, with all the
31:11
Speaker 1: intensity of his incited nerves. After a momentary pause, Shulmes continued, Hallo, hallo,
31:20
Speaker 1: do you hear me? I can't hear you very well?
31:24
Speaker 1: Can scarcely make out what you say? Are you listening well?
31:28
Speaker 1: I think you had better return home. No danger now.
31:33
Speaker 1: But he is in England. I have received a telegram
31:36
Speaker 1: from Southampton announcing his arrival. The sarcasm of those words,
31:42
Speaker 1: Shulmes uttered them with an inexpressible comfort, and he added,
31:48
Speaker 1: very well, don't lose any time. I will meet you there.
31:52
Speaker 1: He hung up the receiver. Monsieur Geennimrd, can you furnish
31:56
Speaker 1: me with three men for lady? Eh? Yes, you know
32:01
Speaker 1: who she is and where she is? Yes, coo, that
32:08
Speaker 1: settles Monsieur Lupin fonfont take two men and go with
32:12
Speaker 1: Monsieur Champs. The Englishman departed, accompanied by the three men.
32:18
Speaker 1: The game was ended. The blonde lady was also about
32:22
Speaker 1: to fall into the hands of the Englishman. Thanks to
32:26
Speaker 1: his commendable persistence and to a combination of fortuitous circumstances,
32:30
Speaker 1: the battle had resulted in a victory for the detective
32:34
Speaker 1: and an irreparable disaster for Lupin. Monsieur Chammes, the Englishman
32:41
Speaker 1: stopped Monsieur Lupin. Lupin was clearly shattered by this final blow.
32:49
Speaker 1: His forehead was marked by deep wrinkles. He was sullen
32:52
Speaker 1: and dejected. However, he pulled himself together, and notwithstanding his defeat,
32:58
Speaker 1: he exclaimed in a cheerful tone, you will conceive that
33:03
Speaker 1: fate has been against me. A few minutes ago. It
33:07
Speaker 1: prevented my escape through that chimney and delivered me into
33:11
Speaker 1: your hands. Now by means of the telephone, it presents
33:15
Speaker 1: you with the blond lady. I submit to its decrees.
33:20
Speaker 1: What do you mean? I mean that I am ready
33:24
Speaker 1: to reopen our negotiation, Chamstok Jannimard aside and asked, in
33:31
Speaker 1: a manner that did not permit a reply, the authority
33:34
Speaker 1: to exchange a few words with the prisoner. Then he
33:37
Speaker 1: approached Leeupinne and said, in a sharp nervous tone, what
33:41
Speaker 1: do you want, Mademoiselle de Stange's liberty? You know the price? Yes,
33:50
Speaker 1: and you accept? Yes, I accept your terms, Ah, said
33:58
Speaker 1: the Englishman in surprise. But you refused for yourself. Yes,
34:04
Speaker 1: I can look out for myself, Monsieur Schaums. But now
34:07
Speaker 1: the question concerns a young woman and a woman I
34:10
Speaker 1: love in France. Understand, we have very decided ideas about
34:15
Speaker 1: such things, and lupin has the same feelings as other people.
34:21
Speaker 1: He spoke with simplicity and candor. Shulmes replied by an
34:25
Speaker 1: almost imperceptible inclination of his head and murmured, very well,
34:31
Speaker 1: the blue diamond, take my cane. There at the end
34:35
Speaker 1: of the mantel, press on the head of the cane
34:38
Speaker 1: with one hand, and with the other turned the iron
34:41
Speaker 1: pharaoh at the bottom. Holmes took the cane and followed
34:45
Speaker 1: the directions. As he did so, the head of the
34:49
Speaker 1: cane divided and disclosed a cavity which contained a small
34:52
Speaker 1: ball of wax, which in turn enclosed the diamond. He
34:57
Speaker 1: examined it. It was the blue diamond. Monsieur le Pinne, mademoiselle,
35:04
Speaker 1: the stance is free. Is her future safety assured? Has
35:09
Speaker 1: she nothing to fear from you? Neither from me nor
35:13
Speaker 1: anyone else? How can you manage it? Quite easily? I
35:18
Speaker 1: have forgotten her name and address. Thank you and au revoir,
35:25
Speaker 1: for I will see you again sometime, Monsieur Chames, I
35:29
Speaker 1: have no doubt of it. Then followed an animated conversation
35:33
Speaker 1: between Chams and Jennie Mard, which was abruptly terminated by
35:36
Speaker 1: the Englishman, who said, I am very sorry, Monsieur Jeannie Mard,
35:40
Speaker 1: that we cannot agree on that point. But I have
35:43
Speaker 1: no time to waste trying to convince you. I leave
35:46
Speaker 1: for England within an hour. But the blond lady I
35:51
Speaker 1: do not know such a person, and yet a moment ago,
35:56
Speaker 1: you must take the affair as it stands. I have
35:59
Speaker 1: delivered arsan luke into your hands. Here is the blue diamond,
36:03
Speaker 1: which you will have the pleasure of returning to the
36:05
Speaker 1: Countess de Croisson. What more do you want? It's a
36:09
Speaker 1: blond lady. Find her Scholmes pulled his cap down over
36:14
Speaker 1: his forehead and walked rapidly away, like a man who
36:17
Speaker 1: is accustomed to go as soon as his business is finished.
36:21
Speaker 1: Bauvoyar's monsieur, cried Lupin, and believe me, I shall never
36:27
Speaker 1: forget the friendly way in which our little business affairs
36:30
Speaker 1: have been arranged my regards to Monsieur Wilson. Not receiving
36:35
Speaker 1: any reply, Lupin added sneeringly, this is what is called
36:40
Speaker 1: taking British leave. Ah, The insular dignity lacks the flower
36:45
Speaker 1: of courtesy by which we are distinguished. Consider for a moment,
36:49
Speaker 1: Jennie Maud, what a charming exit a Frenchman would have
36:52
Speaker 1: made under similar circumstances, with what exquisite courtesy he would
36:57
Speaker 1: have masked his triumph? But God bless me, Johanny mart
37:01
Speaker 1: what are you doing making a search? Come? What's the use?
37:05
Speaker 1: There's nothing left, not even a scrap of paper. I
37:08
Speaker 1: assure you my archives are in a safe place. I
37:12
Speaker 1: am not so sure of that, replied Johanni Mard. I
37:15
Speaker 1: must search everything. Lupan submitted to the operation. Held by
37:21
Speaker 1: two detectives and surrounded by the others, he patiently endured
37:24
Speaker 1: the proceedings for twenty minutes. Then he said, hurry up,
37:28
Speaker 1: Johnnie Maut, and finish. You are in a hurry. Of course,
37:33
Speaker 1: I am an important appointment at a police station. No
37:40
Speaker 1: in the city. Ah, at what time two o'clock? It
37:47
Speaker 1: is three o'clock now, just so I will be late,
37:52
Speaker 1: and punctuality is one of my virtues. But give me
37:56
Speaker 1: five minutes, not a second more, said Lupin. I am
38:01
Speaker 1: doing my best to expedite. Oh, don't talk so much.
38:06
Speaker 1: Still searching that couple of it is empty. Here are
38:10
Speaker 1: some letters old invoices. I presume, Oh a packet tied
38:16
Speaker 1: with a ribbon, a red ribbon. Oh, Jannie mart for
38:20
Speaker 1: God's sake, don't untie it from a woman, Yes, a
38:26
Speaker 1: woman of the world, the best in the world. Her
38:30
Speaker 1: name Madame Jeannie Mard. Very funny, very funny, exclaimed the detective.
38:40
Speaker 1: At that moment, the men who had been sent to
38:42
Speaker 1: search the other rooms returned and announced their failure to
38:46
Speaker 1: find anything. Lupin laughed and said, pole did you expect
38:51
Speaker 1: to find my visiting least or evidence of my business
38:55
Speaker 1: relations with the Emperor of Germany? But I can tell
38:59
Speaker 1: you what you shouldn't investigate Joannimard, all the little mysteries
39:03
Speaker 1: of this apartment. For instance, that gas pipe is a
39:06
Speaker 1: speaking tube, that chimney contains a stairway, that wall is hollow,
39:12
Speaker 1: and a marvelous system of bells. Ah, Johnnie Mard, just
39:16
Speaker 1: press that button, Johannimard obeyed. Did you hear anything, asked Loupenn. No?
39:26
Speaker 1: Neither did I. And yet you notified my eroraut to
39:30
Speaker 1: prepare the dirigible balloon which will soon carry us into
39:33
Speaker 1: the clouds. Come, said Johnnie Mard, who had completed his search.
39:40
Speaker 1: We've had enough nonsense. Let's be off. He started away,
39:45
Speaker 1: followed by his men. Leeupenne did not move. His guardians
39:50
Speaker 1: pushed him in vain well, said Johnny Mard. Do you
39:54
Speaker 1: refuse to go? Not at all? But it depends on
40:00
Speaker 1: what where you want to take me to the station house.
40:05
Speaker 1: Of course, then I refuse to go. I have no
40:09
Speaker 1: business there. Are you crazy? Did I not tell you
40:14
Speaker 1: that I had an important appointment? Lupin? Why, Jannie Maud,
40:20
Speaker 1: why Shanni mad? I have an appointment with a blond lady.
40:24
Speaker 1: And do you suppose I would be so discourteous as
40:26
Speaker 1: to cause her a moment's anxiety? That would be very ungentlemanly. Listen, Lupin,
40:33
Speaker 1: said the detective, who was becoming annoyed by this persiflage.
40:37
Speaker 1: I have been very patient with you, but I will
40:40
Speaker 1: endure no more. Follow me, impossible. I have an appointment,
40:47
Speaker 1: and I shall keep it for the last time. Follow
40:53
Speaker 1: me im possible. At a sign from Johannimrd, two men
41:01
Speaker 1: seized Lupin by the arms, but they released him at once,
41:04
Speaker 1: uttering cries of pain. Lupin had thrust two long needles
41:09
Speaker 1: into them. The other men now rushed at Lupin with
41:12
Speaker 1: cries of rage and hatred, eager to avenge their comrades
41:15
Speaker 1: and to avenge themselves for the many affronts he had
41:18
Speaker 1: heaped upon them. And now they struck and beat him
41:20
Speaker 1: to their heart's desire. A violent blow on the temple
41:23
Speaker 1: felled the Lupin to the floor. If you hurt him,
41:27
Speaker 1: you will answer to me, growled Joannimrd in a rage.
41:32
Speaker 1: He leaned over Lupin to ascertain his condition. Then, learning
41:36
Speaker 1: that he was breathing freely, Jannimard ordered his men to
41:39
Speaker 1: carry the prisoner by the head and feet, while he
41:41
Speaker 1: himself supported the body. Go gently, now, don't Jante him
41:46
Speaker 1: as brute would have killed him. Well, Lupin, how goes it?
41:52
Speaker 1: None too well? Chanimard, you let them knock me out.
41:58
Speaker 1: It was your own fault. You are so obstinate, replied
42:02
Speaker 1: Johnny Mard. But I hoped they didn't hurt you. They
42:06
Speaker 1: had left the apartment and were now on the landing.
42:09
Speaker 1: Lupin groaned and stammered Johnnie Mard the elevator. They are
42:15
Speaker 1: breaking my bones. A good idea, an excellent idea, replied
42:21
Speaker 1: Johnny Mard. Besides, the stairway is too narrow. He summoned
42:26
Speaker 1: the elevator. They placed Lupin on the seat with the
42:29
Speaker 1: greatest care. Johnny Mard took his place beside him and
42:32
Speaker 1: said to his men, go down the stairs and wait
42:35
Speaker 1: for me below. Understand, Johnny Mard closed the door of
42:39
Speaker 1: the elevator. Suddenly, the elevator shot upward like a balloon
42:43
Speaker 1: released from its cable. Lupin burst into a fit of
42:47
Speaker 1: sardonic laughter. Good God, cried Johnny Mard as he made
42:53
Speaker 1: a frantic search in the dark for the button of descent.
42:55
Speaker 1: Having found it, he cried, the fifth four, Wash the
42:59
Speaker 1: door the fifth four. His assistants clambered up the stairs
43:02
Speaker 1: two and three steps at a time. But this strange
43:05
Speaker 1: circumstance happened. The elevator seemed to break through the ceiling
43:09
Speaker 1: of the last floor, disappeared from sight of Johanni Mar's
43:13
Speaker 1: assistance suddenly made its appearance on the upper floor, the
43:16
Speaker 1: servant's floor, and stopped. Three men were waiting for it.
43:21
Speaker 1: They opened the door. Two of them seized Johnny Mard, who,
43:25
Speaker 1: astonished at the sudden attack, scarcely made any defense. The
43:30
Speaker 1: other man carried off Lupin. I warn you, Jeannie Mard,
43:34
Speaker 1: about dirrigible balloon another time. Don't be so tender hearted.
43:40
Speaker 1: And moreover, remember that Arsan Lupin doesn't allow himself to
43:46
Speaker 1: be struck and knocked down without sufficient reason. Adieu. The
43:51
Speaker 1: door of the elevator was already closed on Johnny Mard,
43:54
Speaker 1: and the machine began to descend. And it all happened
43:58
Speaker 1: so quickly that the old detective reached the ground floor
44:01
Speaker 1: as soon as his assistants. Without exchanging a word. They
44:04
Speaker 1: crossed the court and ascended the servants stairway, which was
44:07
Speaker 1: the only way to reach the servant's floor, through which
44:09
Speaker 1: the escape had been made. A long corridor was several
44:13
Speaker 1: turns and bordered with little numbered rooms, led to a
44:16
Speaker 1: door that was not locked. On the other side of
44:19
Speaker 1: this door, and therefore in another house there was another
44:22
Speaker 1: corridor with similar turns and similar rooms, and at the
44:26
Speaker 1: end of it a servant's stairway. Jennimrd descended it, crossed
44:30
Speaker 1: the court and a vestibule, and found himself in the
44:33
Speaker 1: rue picot. Then he understood the situation. The two houses built.
44:39
Speaker 1: The entire depth of the lots touched at the rear,
44:43
Speaker 1: while the fronts of the houses faced upon two streets
44:45
Speaker 1: that ran parallel to each other at a distance of
44:48
Speaker 1: more than sixty meters apart. He found the concierge, and,
44:52
Speaker 1: showing his card, inquired did four men passierree just now? Yes,
44:58
Speaker 1: the two servants from the false and fifth floors with
45:00
Speaker 1: two friends who lives on the fourth and fifth floors,
45:05
Speaker 1: two men named Falvele, and their cousins whose name is Provost.
45:09
Speaker 1: They moved today, leaving the two servants who went away
45:11
Speaker 1: just now. Ah, thought Johnny Maud, what a good opportunity
45:16
Speaker 1: we have missed. The entire band lived in these houses,
45:21
Speaker 1: and he sank down on a chair in despair. Forty
45:28
Speaker 1: minutes later, two gentlemen were driving up to the station
45:31
Speaker 1: of the Northern Railway and hurried to the Calais Express,
45:34
Speaker 1: followed by a porter who carried their valises. One of
45:37
Speaker 1: them had his arm in a sling, and the pallor
45:40
Speaker 1: of his face denoted some illness. The other man was
45:43
Speaker 1: in a jovial mood. We must hurry, Wilson, or we
45:47
Speaker 1: will miss the train, Ah, Wilson, I shall never forget
45:50
Speaker 1: these ten days, but neither will I. Ah. It was
45:55
Speaker 1: a great struggle the superb, a few repulses here and
45:59
Speaker 1: there of no consequence, and at last victory all along
46:05
Speaker 1: the line. Lupan arrested the Blue Diamond recovered my arm broken?
46:12
Speaker 1: What does a broken arm count for in such a
46:14
Speaker 1: victory as that, especially when it is my arm? Ah? Yes,
46:19
Speaker 1: don't you remember, Wilson, that it was at the very
46:22
Speaker 1: time you were in the pharmacy, suffering like a hero,
46:25
Speaker 1: that I discovered the clue to the whole mystery. How
46:29
Speaker 1: lucky The doors of the carriages were being closed all aboard.
46:35
Speaker 1: Hurry up, gentlemen. The porter climbed into an empty compartment
46:39
Speaker 1: and placed their valises in the rack, whilst Sholmes assisted
46:42
Speaker 1: the unfortunate Wilson. What's the matter, Wilson, you're not done up?
46:47
Speaker 1: Are you come? Pull your nerves together? My nerves are
46:51
Speaker 1: all right. Well, what is it? Then? I have only
46:55
Speaker 1: one hand? What of it? Exclaimed Sholmes, cheerfully. You are
47:01
Speaker 1: not the only one who has had a broken arm.
47:04
Speaker 1: Cheer up. Shrilms handed the porter a piece of fifty centimes.
47:09
Speaker 1: Thank you, monsieur, Sholmes, said the porter. The Englishman looked
47:13
Speaker 1: at him. It was our san Lupin. You you, he stammered,
47:20
Speaker 1: absolutely astounded, and Wilson brandished his sound arm in the
47:24
Speaker 1: manner of a man who demonstrates a fact, as he said,
47:27
Speaker 1: you you, But you were arrested. Sholmes told me so
47:33
Speaker 1: when he left you, Jeannie Martin, thirty men had you
47:35
Speaker 1: in charge. Lupin folded his arms and said, with an
47:39
Speaker 1: air of indignation, did you suppose I would let you
47:43
Speaker 1: go away without bidding you adieu? After the very friendly
47:47
Speaker 1: relations that have always existed between us. That would be
47:51
Speaker 1: discourteous and ungrateful on my part? The train whistled. Lupin continued,
47:59
Speaker 1: I beg your pardon, but have you everything you need?
48:01
Speaker 1: Tobacco and matches, yes, and the evening papers you're finding them,
48:06
Speaker 1: an account of my arrest, your last exploits, monsieur shows,
48:11
Speaker 1: and now au revoir. I am delighted to have made
48:15
Speaker 1: your acquaintance, and if ever I can be of any
48:18
Speaker 1: service to you, I shall be only too happy. He
48:22
Speaker 1: lead to the platform and closed the door. How do you,
48:26
Speaker 1: he repeated, waving his handkerchief. Are do you? I shall
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Speaker 1: write to you? You will write also, eh, and your
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Speaker 1: arm broken, Wilson, I am truly sorry. I shall expect
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Speaker 1: to hear from both of you a postal card now,
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Speaker 1: and then simply address loupin Paris. That is sufficient. Are
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Speaker 1: do you? See you soon? End of chapter six