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

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Speaker 1: Chapter four. Light in the darkness, however well tempered a
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Speaker 1: man's character may be, And Herlock Shulmes is one of
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Speaker 1: those men over whom ill fortune has little or no hold.
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Speaker 1: There are circumstances wherein the most courageous combatant feels the
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Speaker 1: necessity of marshaling his forces before risking the chances of
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Speaker 1: a battle. I shall take a vacation to day, said Sholmes.
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Speaker 1: And what shall I do, asked Wilson. You, Wilson, let
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Speaker 1: me see. You can buy some underwear and linen to
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Speaker 1: replenish our wardrobe while I take a rest. Very well,
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Speaker 1: should I will watch while you sleep. Wilson uttered these
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Speaker 1: words with all the importance of a sentinel on guard
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Speaker 1: at the outpost, and therefore exposed to the greatest danger.
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Speaker 1: His chest was expanded, his muscles were tense. Assuming a
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Speaker 1: shrewd look, he scrutinized officially the little room in which
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Speaker 1: they had fixed their abode. Very well, Wilson, you can walk.
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Speaker 1: I shall occupy myself in the preparation of a line
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Speaker 1: of attack more appropriate to the methods of the enemy
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Speaker 1: we are called upon to meet. Do you see, Wilson,
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Speaker 1: we have been deceived in this fellow Loupin my opinion
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Speaker 1: is that we must commence at the very beginning of
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Speaker 1: this affair, and even before that, if possible. But have
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Speaker 1: we sufficient time? Nine days, dear boy, that is five
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Speaker 1: too many. The Englishman spent the entire afternoon in smoking
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Speaker 1: and sleeping. He did not enter upon his new plan
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Speaker 1: of attack until the following day. Then he said, Wilson,
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Speaker 1: I am ready let us attack the enemy. Lead on macduff,
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Speaker 1: exclaimed Wilson, full of martial ardor.
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Speaker 2: I wish to fight in the front? Rank, Oh, have
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Speaker 2: no fear.
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Speaker 1: I shall do credit to my king and country, for
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Speaker 1: I am an Englishman in the first place. Sholmes had
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Speaker 1: three long and important interviews with Monsieur det Nan, whose
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Speaker 1: rooms he examined with the greatest care and precision, with
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Speaker 1: Suzanne Gerbois, whom he questioned in regard to the blonde lady,
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Speaker 1: and with Sister Auguste, who had retired to the convent
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Speaker 1: of the Visitendenes since the murder of Baron d'autrec. At
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Speaker 1: each of these interviews, Wilson had remained outside, and each
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Speaker 1: time he asked satisfactory, Quite so, I was sure we
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Speaker 1: were on the right track. They paid a visit to
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Speaker 1: the two houses adjoining that of the late Baron d'utrec
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Speaker 1: in the Avenue on Riemartine. Then they visited the Rue
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Speaker 1: clap Beran, and while he was examining the front of
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Speaker 1: number twenty five, Sholmes said, all these houses must be
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Speaker 1: connected by secret passages, but I can't find them. For
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Speaker 1: the first time in his life, Wilson doubted the omnipotence
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Speaker 1: of his famous associate. Why did he now talk so
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Speaker 1: much and accomplish so little? Why, exclaimed Sholmes in answer
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Speaker 1: to Wilson's secret thought, Because with this fellow lou Penn,
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Speaker 1: a person has to work in the dark, and instead
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Speaker 1: of deducting the truth from established facts, a man must
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Speaker 1: extract it from his own brain and afterward learn if
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Speaker 1: it is supported by the facts in the case.
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Speaker 2: But what about the secret passages?
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Speaker 1: They must exist, But even though I should discover them
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Speaker 1: and thus learn how our San Lupin made his entrance
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Speaker 1: to the lawyer's house, and how the blond lady escaped
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Speaker 1: from the house of barondal Trek after the murder, what
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Speaker 1: good would it do? How would it help me? How
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Speaker 1: would it furnish me with a weapon of attack. Let
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Speaker 1: us attack him just the same, exclaimed Wilson, who had
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Speaker 1: scarcely uttered these words. When he jumped back with a
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Speaker 1: cry of alarm, something had fallen at their feet. It
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Speaker 1: was a bag filled with sand, which might have caused
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Speaker 1: them serious injury if it had struck them. Shorens looked up.
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Speaker 1: Some men were working on a scaffolding attached to the
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Speaker 1: balcony at the fifth floor of the house. He said,
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Speaker 1: we were lucky. One step more in that heavy bag
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Speaker 1: would have fallen on our heads. I wonder if moved
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Speaker 1: by a sudden impulse, he rushed into the house. Up
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Speaker 1: the five flights of stairs, rang the bell, pushed his
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Speaker 1: way into the apartment, to the great surprise and alarm
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Speaker 1: of the servant, who came to the door and made
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Speaker 1: his way to the balcony in front of the house.
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Speaker 1: But there was no one there where the workmen who
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Speaker 1: were here a moment ago. He asked the servant, They
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Speaker 1: have just gone. Which way did they go? By the
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Speaker 1: servants stairs, Sholmes leaned out of the window. He saw
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Speaker 1: two men leaving the house carrying bicycles. They mounted them
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Speaker 1: and quickly disappeared around the corner. How long have they
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Speaker 1: been working on the scaffolding. Are those men only since
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Speaker 1: this morning it is their first day? Sholmes returned to
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Speaker 1: the street and joined Wilson. Together they returned to the hotel,
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Speaker 1: and thus the second day ended in a mournful silence.
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Speaker 1: On the following day, their program was almost similar. They
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Speaker 1: sat together on a bench in the avenue on Gris Martaine,
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Speaker 1: much to Wilson's disgust, who did not find it amusing
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Speaker 1: to spend long hours watching the house in which the
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Speaker 1: tragedy had occurred.
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Speaker 2: What do you.
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Speaker 1: Expect, Sholmes, that Oz and Lupin will walk out of
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Speaker 1: the house.
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Speaker 2: No, that the blond lady would make her appearance.
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Speaker 1: No?
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Speaker 2: What then?
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Speaker 1: I'm looking for something to occur, some slight incident that
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Speaker 1: will furnish me with a clue to work on. And
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Speaker 1: if it does not occur, then I must myself create
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Speaker 1: the spark that will set fire to the powder. A
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Speaker 1: solitary incident, and that of a disagreeable nature, broke the
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Speaker 1: monotony of the forenoon. A gentleman was riding along the
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Speaker 1: avenue when his horse suddenly turned aside in such a
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Speaker 1: manner that it ran against the bench on which they
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Speaker 1: were sitting and struck Schulmes. A slight blow on the shoulder,
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Speaker 1: ha exclaimed Sholmes. A little more and I would have
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Speaker 1: had a broken shoulder. The gentleman struggled with his horse.
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Speaker 1: The Englishman drew his revolver and pointed it, but Wilson
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Speaker 1: seized his arm and said.
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Speaker 2: Don't be foolish. What are you going to do? Kill
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Speaker 2: the man? Leave me alone.
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Speaker 1: Wilson let go. During the brief struggle between Sholmes and Wilson,
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Speaker 1: the stranger rode away.
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Speaker 2: Now you can shoot, said.
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Speaker 1: Wilson triumphantly, when the horseman was at some distance.
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Speaker 2: Wilson, you're an idiot.
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Speaker 1: Don't you understand that the man is an accompass of
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Speaker 1: our san Lupin. Sholmes was trembling from rage, Wilson stammered pitifully.
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Speaker 1: But batman an accomplice, Yes, the same as the workmen
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Speaker 1: who tried to drop the bag of sand on us yesterday.
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Speaker 2: It can't be possible, possible or not.
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Speaker 1: There was only one way to prove it by killing
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Speaker 1: the man, No, by killing the horse. If you hadn't
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Speaker 1: grabbed my arm, I should have captured one of Lupin's accomplices.
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Speaker 1: Now do you understand the folly of your act. Throughout
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Speaker 1: the afternoon, both men were morose.
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Speaker 2: They did not speak a word to each other.
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Speaker 1: At five o'clock they visited the rue clap Baron, but
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Speaker 1: were careful to keep at a safe distance from the houses. However,
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Speaker 1: three young men who were passing through the street arm
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Speaker 1: in arm, singing, ran against Hulmes and Wilson and refused
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Speaker 1: to let them pass. Sholmes, who was in an ill humor,
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Speaker 1: contested the right of way with them. After a brief struggle,
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Speaker 1: Sholmes resorted to his fists. He struck one of the
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Speaker 1: men a hard blow on the chest, another a blow
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Speaker 1: in the face, and thus subdued two of his adversaries. Thereupon,
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Speaker 1: the three of them took to their heels and disappeared.
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Speaker 1: Ah exclaimed Sholmes. That does me good. I needed a
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Speaker 1: little exercise. But Wilson was leaning against the wall. Sholmes said,
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Speaker 1: what's the matter, old chap, You're quite pale. Wilson pointed
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Speaker 1: to his left arm, which hung inert, and stammered.
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Speaker 2: I don't know what it is. My arm pains me
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Speaker 2: very much. Is it serious? Yes, I'm afraid.
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Speaker 1: So he tried to raise his arm but it was helpless.
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Speaker 1: Sholmes felt it gently at first, then in a rougher
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Speaker 1: way to see how badly it was hurt, he said.
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Speaker 1: He concluded that Wilson was really hurt, so he led
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Speaker 1: him to a neighboring pharmacy, where a closer examination revealed
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Speaker 1: the fact that the arm was broken and that Wilson
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Speaker 1: was a candidate for the hospital. In the meantime, they
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Speaker 1: bared his arm and applied some remedies to ease his suffering. Come, come,
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Speaker 1: old chap, cheer up, said Sholmes, who was holding Wilson's arm.
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Speaker 1: In five or six weeks, you will be all right again.
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Speaker 1: But I will pay them back, the rascals, especially loop Han,
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Speaker 1: for this is his work, no doubt of that, I
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Speaker 1: swear to you. If ever, he stopped, suddenly dropped the arm,
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Speaker 1: which caused Wilson such an access of pain that he
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Speaker 1: almost fainted and striking his forehead, Shoum said, Wilson, I
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Speaker 1: have an idea, you know I have one. Occasionally, he
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Speaker 1: stood for a moment silent with staring eyes, and then muttered,
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Speaker 1: in short, sharp phrases, Yes, that's it, I would explain,
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Speaker 1: all right at my feet, and I didn't see it, Ah, parbleu,
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Speaker 1: I should have thought of it before listen. I shall
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Speaker 1: have good news for you. Abruptly leaving his old friend,
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Speaker 1: Scholmes ran into the street and went directly to the
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Speaker 1: house known as number twenty five. On one of the
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Speaker 1: stones to the right of the door, he read this
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Speaker 1: inscription des Staninge, architect eighteen seventy five. There was a
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Speaker 1: similar inscription on the house number twenty three. Of course,
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Speaker 1: there was nothing unusual in that, but what might be
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Speaker 1: read on the houses in the avenue on Briie Martin.
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Speaker 1: A carriage was passing. He engaged it and directed the
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Speaker 1: driver to take him to number one thirty four Avenue
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Speaker 1: on Griie Martin. He was roused to a high pitch
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Speaker 1: of excitement. He stood up in the carriage and urged
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Speaker 1: the horse to greater speed. He offered extra purbois to
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Speaker 1: the driver. Quicker quicker, How great was his anxiety? As
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Speaker 1: they turned from the Rue de la Pompe, had he
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Speaker 1: caught a glimpse of the truth at last. On one
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Speaker 1: of the stones of the late baron's house he read
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Speaker 1: the words de Stinge architect eighteen seventy four, and a
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Speaker 1: similar inscription appeared on the two adjoining houses. The reaction
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Speaker 1: was such that he settled down in the seat of
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Speaker 1: the carriage, trembling from joy. At last, a tiny ray
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Speaker 1: of light had penetrated the dark shadows which encompassed these
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Speaker 1: mysterious crimes in the vast Somber forest, wherein a thousand
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Speaker 1: pathways crossed and recrossed. He had discovered the first clue
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Speaker 1: to the track followed by the enemy. He entered a
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Speaker 1: branch post office and obtained telephonic connection with the Chateau
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Speaker 1: de Croisson. The countess answered the telephone call. Hello, is
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Speaker 1: that you, madame?
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Speaker 2: Is you surreance? Isn't it everything going all right?
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Speaker 1: Quite well? But I wish to ask you one question. Hello, Yes,
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Speaker 1: I hear you. Tell me when was the Chateau de
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Speaker 1: Croisson built? It was destroyed by fire and we built
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Speaker 1: about sety years ago.
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Speaker 2: Who built it?
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Speaker 1: And in what year is There was an inscription on
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Speaker 1: the front of the house which reads Lucienne de Stange,
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Speaker 1: architect eighteen seventy seven. Thank you, madame, that is all
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Speaker 1: good bye. He went away, murmuring d Stange, Luciene de Stange.
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Speaker 1: That name has a familiar sound. He noticed a public
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Speaker 1: reading room, entered, consulted a dictionary of modern biography, and
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Speaker 1: copied the following information Lucienne de Stange born eighteen forty
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Speaker 1: Grande Prix de Rome, officer of the Legion of Honor,
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Speaker 1: author of several valuable books on architecture, et cetera. Then
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Speaker 1: he returned to the pharmacy and found that Wilson had
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Speaker 1: been taken to the hospital. There Scholmes found him with
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Speaker 1: his arm in splints and shivering with fever. Victory victory,
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Speaker 1: cried Scholmes. I hold one end of the thread, of
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Speaker 1: what thread, the one that leads to victory. I shall
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Speaker 1: now be walking on solid ground, where there will be footprints,
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Speaker 1: clues cigarette ashes, asked Wilson, whose curiosity had overcome his
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Speaker 1: pain and many other things. Just think, Wilson, I have
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Speaker 1: found the mysterious link which unites the different adventures in
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Speaker 1: which the blonde lady played a part. Why did Lupan
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Speaker 1: select those three houses for the scenes of his exploits?
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Speaker 2: Yes?
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Speaker 1: Why because those three houses were built by the same architect.
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Speaker 1: That was an easy problem, eh, of course, But who
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Speaker 1: would have thought of it? No one but you, and
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Speaker 1: who except I knows that the same architect, by the
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Speaker 1: use of analogous plans, has rendered it possible for a
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Speaker 1: person to execute three distinct acts, which, though miraculous in appearance,
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Speaker 1: are in reality quite simple and easy.
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Speaker 2: That was a stroke of good luck, and it was.
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Speaker 1: Time, dear boy, as I was becoming very impatient. You know,
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Speaker 1: this is our fourth day out of ten oh. After this,
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Speaker 1: Shons was excited, delighted, and gave than usual. And when
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Speaker 1: I think that these rascals might have attacked me in
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Speaker 1: the street and broken my arm just as they did yours,
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Speaker 1: is that, Sir Wilson. Wilson simply shivered at the horrible thought.
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Speaker 1: Scholmes continued. We must profit by the lesson. I can see, Wilson,
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Speaker 1: that we were wrong to try and fight Lupin in
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Speaker 1: the open and leave ourselves exposed to his attacks. I
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Speaker 1: can see it and feel it too in my broken arm,
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Speaker 1: said Wilson. You have one consolation, Wilson, that is that
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Speaker 1: I escaped.
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Speaker 2: Now.
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Speaker 1: I must be doubly cautious. In an open fight he
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Speaker 1: will defeat me. But if I can work in the dark,
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Speaker 1: unseen by him, I have the advantage, no matter how
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Speaker 1: strong his forces may be. Jeanmard might be of some assistance. Never,
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Speaker 1: on the day that I can truly say, Arsan Lupin
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Speaker 1: is there, I show you the quarry and how to
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Speaker 1: catch it. I shall go and see Jennie Maud at
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Speaker 1: one of the two addresses that he gave me his residence,
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Speaker 1: in the Rue Pergolese, or at the Swiss tavern in
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Speaker 1: the place deu Chatelais. But until that time I shall
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Speaker 1: work alone. He approached the bed, placed his hand on
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Speaker 1: Wilson's shoulder, on the sore one, of course, and said
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Speaker 1: to him, take care of yourself, old fellow. Henceforth your
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Speaker 1: role will be to keep two or three of our
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Speaker 1: San Lupin's men busy watching here in vain for my
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Speaker 1: return to inquire about your health. It is a secret
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Speaker 1: mission for you, eh, yes, and I shall do my
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Speaker 1: best to fulfill it conscientiously. Then you do not expect
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Speaker 1: to come here anymore?
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Speaker 2: What for? Asked Sholmes. I don't know. Of course, I
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Speaker 2: am getting on as well as possible. But her Lock,
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Speaker 2: do me a last service. Give me a drink.
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Speaker 1: A drink, Yes, I am dying of thirst and with
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Speaker 1: my fever, to be sure. Directly, he made a pretty
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Speaker 1: tents of getting some water, perceived the package of tobacco,
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Speaker 1: lighted his pipe, and then, as if he had not
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Speaker 1: heard his friend's request, he went away, whilst Wilson uttered
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Speaker 1: a mute prayer for the inaccessible water. Monsieur d' stange.
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Speaker 1: The servant eyed from head to foot the person to
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Speaker 1: whom he had opened the door of the house, the
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Speaker 1: magnificent house that stood at the corner of the place
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Speaker 1: Moucherbs and the rue Montchanin, and at the sight of
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Speaker 1: the man with gray hairs, badly shaved, dressed in a
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Speaker 1: shabby black coat, with a body as ill formed and
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Speaker 1: ungracious as his face, he replied with the disdain which
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Speaker 1: he thought the occasion warranted. Monsieur d'i stante may may
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Speaker 1: not be at home. That depends as Monsieur a card.
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Speaker 1: Monsieur did not have a card, but he had a
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Speaker 1: letter of introduction, And after the servant had taken the
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Speaker 1: letter to Monsieur d' stane, he was conducted into the
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Speaker 1: presence of that gentleman, who was sitting in a large
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Speaker 1: circular room or rotunda, which occupied one of the wings
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Speaker 1: of the house. It was a library and contained a
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Speaker 1: profusion of books and architectural drawings. When the stranger entered,
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Speaker 1: the architect said to him, you are Monsieur Stickmann.
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Speaker 2: Yes, Monsieur.
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Speaker 1: My secretary tells me that he is ill and has
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Speaker 1: sent you to continue the general catalog of the books
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Speaker 1: which he commenced under my direction, and more particularly the
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Speaker 1: catalog of German books. Are you familiar with that kind
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Speaker 1: of work? Yes, Monsieur kvite sore, he replied with a
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Speaker 1: strong German accent. Under those circumstances, the bargain was soon concluded,
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Speaker 1: and Monsieur d' stange commenced work with his new secretary.
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Speaker 1: Herloc Shulmes had gained access to the house in order
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Speaker 1: to escape the vigilance of our San Lupin and gain
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Speaker 1: admittance to the house occupied by Lucienne d' stange and
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Speaker 1: his daughter Clotild. The famous detective have been compelled to
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Speaker 1: resort to a number of stratagems and under a variety
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Speaker 1: of names, to ingratiate himself into the good graces and
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Speaker 1: confidence of a number of persons, in short, to live,
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Speaker 1: during forty eight hours a most complicated life. During that
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Speaker 1: time he had acquired the following information. Monsieur d' Stange,
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Speaker 1: having retired from active business on account of his failing health,
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Speaker 1: now lived amongst the many books he had accumulated on
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Speaker 1: the subject of architecture. He derived infinite pleasure in viewing
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Speaker 1: and handling those dusty old volumes. His daughter, Clotilde was
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Speaker 1: considered eccentric. She passed her time in another part of
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Speaker 1: the house and never went out. Of course, Schomes said
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Speaker 1: to himself, as he wrote in a register the titles
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Speaker 1: of the books which Monsieur d' stange dictated to him,
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Speaker 1: All that is vague and incomplete, but it is quite
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Speaker 1: a long step in advance. I shall surely solve one
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Speaker 1: of these absorbing problems. Is Monsieur d' stange associated with
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Speaker 1: Arsain Lupin? Does he continue to see him all the
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Speaker 1: papers relating to the instruction of the three houses still
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Speaker 1: in existence? Will those papers not furnish me with the
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Speaker 1: location of other houses of similar construction, which our Saint
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Speaker 1: Lupin and his associates will plunder in the future. Monsieur
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Speaker 1: de Stanche, an accomplice of our Saint Lupin, that venerable man,
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Speaker 1: an officer of the Legion of Honor, working in league
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Speaker 1: with a burglar, such an idea was absurd. Besides, if
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Speaker 1: we concede that such a complicity exists, how could Monsieur
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Speaker 1: de Stanche thirty years ago have possibly foreseen the thefts
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Speaker 1: of our Saint Lupin, who was then an infant. No matter,
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Speaker 1: the Englishman was implacable, with his marvelous scent and that
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Speaker 1: instinct which never fails him, he felt that he was
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Speaker 1: in the heart of some strange mystery. Ever since he
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Speaker 1: first entered the house, he had been under the influence
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Speaker 1: of that impression, and yet he could not define the
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Speaker 1: grounds on which he based his suspicions. Up to the
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Speaker 1: morning of the second day, he had not made any
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Speaker 1: significant discovery. At two o'clock of that day, he saw
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Speaker 1: Clotil de d' stange for the first time. She came
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Speaker 1: to the library in search of a book. She was
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Speaker 1: about thirty years of age, a brunette, slow and silent
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Speaker 1: in her movements, with features imbued with that expression of
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Speaker 1: indifference which is characteristic of people who live a secluded life.
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Speaker 1: She exchanged a few words with her father and then
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Speaker 1: retired without even looking at Cholmes. The afternoon dragged along monotonously.
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Speaker 1: At five o'clock, Monsieur d's stange announced his intention to
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Speaker 1: go out. Schulmes was alone on the circular gallery that
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Speaker 1: was constructed about ten feet above the floor of the rotunda.
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Speaker 1: It was almost dark. He was on the point of
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Speaker 1: going out when he heard a slight sound and at
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Speaker 1: the same time experienced the feeling that there was some
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Speaker 1: one in the room. Several minutes passed before he saw
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Speaker 1: or heard anything more. Then he shuddered. A shadowy form
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Speaker 1: emerged from the gloom, quite close to him upon the balcony.
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Speaker 1: It seemed incredible. How long had this mysterious visitor been there?
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Speaker 1: Whence did he come? The strange man descended the steps
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Speaker 1: and went directly to a large oaken cupboard. Chulms was
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Speaker 1: a keen observer of the man's movements. He watched him
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Speaker 1: searching amongst the papers with which the cupboard was filled.
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Speaker 2: What was he looking for?
20:18
Speaker 1: Then the door opened and Mademoiselle d' stange entered, speaking
20:21
Speaker 1: to someone who was following her. So you have decided
20:24
Speaker 1: not to go out farther, then I will make a
20:27
Speaker 1: light one second, Do not move. The strange man closed
20:32
Speaker 1: the cupboard and hid in the embrasure of a large window,
20:35
Speaker 1: drawing the curtains together. Did Mademoiselle d Stange not see him?
20:40
Speaker 1: Did she not hear him? Calmly, she turned on the
20:42
Speaker 1: electric lights. She and her father sat down close to
20:45
Speaker 1: each other. She opened a book she had brought with
20:48
Speaker 1: her and commenced to read. After the lapse of a
20:51
Speaker 1: few minutes, she said, your secretary has gone. Yes, hey,
20:57
Speaker 1: don't see him. Do you like him as well? You did?
21:00
Speaker 2: At first?
21:01
Speaker 1: She asked, as if she were not aware of the
21:03
Speaker 1: illness of the real secretary and his replacement by stickman.
21:07
Speaker 2: Oh.
21:08
Speaker 1: Yes, Monsieur de Stange's head bobbed from one side to
21:12
Speaker 1: the other. He was asleep. The girl resumed her reading.
21:17
Speaker 1: A moment later, one of the window curtains was pushed back,
21:20
Speaker 1: and the strange man emerged and glided along the wall
21:23
Speaker 1: toward the door, which obliged him to pass behind Monsieur
21:26
Speaker 1: d' stange, but in front of Clotilde, and brought him
21:29
Speaker 1: into the light, so that herlock Chomes obtained a good
21:31
Speaker 1: view of the man's face. It was arsin lupin. The
21:36
Speaker 1: Englishman was delighted. His forecast was verified. He had penetrated
21:40
Speaker 1: to the very heart of the mystery and found Arsain
21:43
Speaker 1: Lupin to be the moving spirit in it. Clotilde had
21:46
Speaker 1: not yet displayed any knowledge of his presence, although it
21:49
Speaker 1: was quite improbable that any movement of the intruder had
21:52
Speaker 1: escaped her notice. Lupin had almost reached the door, and
21:55
Speaker 1: in fact his hand was already seeking the door knob
21:58
Speaker 1: when his coat brushed against the table and knocked something
22:01
Speaker 1: to the floor. Monsieur d' stange awoke with a start.
22:05
Speaker 1: Arsain Lupin was already standing in front of him, hat
22:08
Speaker 1: in hand, smiling. Maxim Beaumand exclaimed Monsieur de stanche joyfully,
22:16
Speaker 1: my dear Maxim, what lucky chance brings you here? The
22:21
Speaker 1: wish to see you? And Mademoiselle d' stange, when did
22:25
Speaker 1: you return from your journey yesterday? You must stay to dinner? No,
22:31
Speaker 1: thank you, I am sorry, but I have an appointment
22:34
Speaker 1: to dine with some friends at a restaurant. Come to morrow, then, Crotilda,
22:39
Speaker 1: you must urge him to count to morrow. Ah, my
22:42
Speaker 1: dear Maxim, I thought of you many times during your absence. Really, yes,
22:49
Speaker 1: I went through all my old papers in that cupboard
22:52
Speaker 1: and found our last statement of a count. What a
22:56
Speaker 1: count relating to the avenue on Rie Martain, Ah, do
23:01
Speaker 1: you keep such papers?
23:03
Speaker 2: What for? Then?
23:05
Speaker 1: The three of them left the room and continued their
23:07
Speaker 1: conversation in a small parlor which adjoined the library. Is
23:11
Speaker 1: it Lupin, Shulmes asked himself, in a sudden access of doubt. Certainly,
23:17
Speaker 1: from all appearances it was he, and yet it was
23:20
Speaker 1: also some one else who resembled Ar Sain Lupin in
23:22
Speaker 1: certain respects, and who still maintained his own individuality, features
23:26
Speaker 1: and color of hair. Sholms could hear Lupin's voice in
23:30
Speaker 1: the adjoining room. He was relating some stories at which
23:32
Speaker 1: Monsieur d' stange laughed heartily, and which even brought a
23:36
Speaker 1: smile to the lips of the melancholy Clotilde. And each
23:39
Speaker 1: of those smiles appeared to be the reward which our
23:41
Speaker 1: Sain Lupin was seeking, at which he was delighted to
23:44
Speaker 1: have secured. His success caused them to redouble his efforts,
23:48
Speaker 1: and insensibly, at the sound of that clear and happy voice,
23:52
Speaker 1: Clotilde's face brightened and lost that cold and listless expression
23:56
Speaker 1: which usually pervaded it. They love each other, thought Sholmes,
24:01
Speaker 1: But what the deuce can there be in common between
24:04
Speaker 1: Clotille de de Staninge and Maxim Beermond. Does she know
24:09
Speaker 1: that Maxim is none other than Arsain Lupin On till
24:13
Speaker 1: seven o'clock Scholmes was an anxious listener, seeking to profit
24:17
Speaker 1: by the conversation. Then, with infinite precaution, he descended from
24:21
Speaker 1: the gallery, crept along the side of the room to
24:24
Speaker 1: the door, in such a manner that the people in
24:25
Speaker 1: the adjoining room did not see him. When he reached
24:28
Speaker 1: the street, Schulms satisfied himself that there was neither an
24:31
Speaker 1: automobile nor a cab waiting there. Then he slowly limped
24:35
Speaker 1: along the Boulevard Malcherps. He turned into an adjacent street,
24:40
Speaker 1: donned the overcoat which he had carried on his arm,
24:42
Speaker 1: altered the shape of his hat, assumed an upright carriage,
24:46
Speaker 1: and thus transformed, returned to a place whence he could
24:49
Speaker 1: watch the door of Monsieur d' stange's house. In a
24:52
Speaker 1: few minutes, Arsain Lupin came out and proceeded to walk
24:56
Speaker 1: toward the center of Paris by way of the Ruse
24:58
Speaker 1: de Constantinople and Life London. Herlock Schomes followed at a
25:02
Speaker 1: distance of a hundred paces exciting moments for the Englishman.
25:07
Speaker 1: He sniffed the air eagerly, like a hound following a
25:10
Speaker 1: fresh scent. It seemed to him a delightful thing. Thus
25:14
Speaker 1: to follow his adversary. It was no longer Herlock Scholmes
25:17
Speaker 1: who was being watched, but Arsan Lupin. The invisible Arsan Lupin.
25:22
Speaker 1: He held him, so to speak, within the grasp of
25:24
Speaker 1: his eye, by an imperceptible bond that nothing could break,
25:28
Speaker 1: and he was pleased to think that the quarry belonged
25:31
Speaker 1: to him. But he soon observed a suspicious circumstance. In
25:36
Speaker 1: the intervening space between him and Arsan Lupin. He noticed
25:40
Speaker 1: several people traveling in the same direction, particularly two husky
25:44
Speaker 1: fellows in slouch hats on the left side of the street,
25:47
Speaker 1: and two others on the right, wearing caps and smoking cigarettes.
25:51
Speaker 1: Of course, their presence in that vicinity may have been
25:54
Speaker 1: the result of chance. But Sholmes was more astonished when
25:57
Speaker 1: he observed that the four men stopped when Lupin entered
26:00
Speaker 1: tobacco shop, and still more surprised when the four men
26:03
Speaker 1: started again after Lupan emerged from the shop, each keeping
26:07
Speaker 1: to his own side of the street. Curse, it, muttered Sholmes,
26:11
Speaker 1: He is being followed. He was annoyed at the idea
26:15
Speaker 1: that others were on the trail of Arsan Lupin, that
26:18
Speaker 1: someone might deprive him. Not of the glory, he cared
26:20
Speaker 1: little for that, but of the immense pleasure of capturing,
26:23
Speaker 1: single handed the most formidable enemy he had ever met,
26:27
Speaker 1: And he felt that he was not mistaken. The men
26:30
Speaker 1: presented to Shulmes as experienced I the appearance and manner
26:33
Speaker 1: of those who, while regulating their gait to that of another,
26:37
Speaker 1: wished to present a careless and natural air. Is this
26:41
Speaker 1: son of Jeanni Mard's work? Muttered Sholmes, Is he playing
26:44
Speaker 1: me false? He felt inclined to speak to one of
26:48
Speaker 1: the men with a view of acting in concert with him,
26:51
Speaker 1: But as they were now approaching the boulevard, the crowd
26:53
Speaker 1: was becoming denser, and he was afraid he might lose
26:56
Speaker 1: sight of Lupan, so he quickened his pace and turned
26:59
Speaker 1: into the boulevard, just in time to see Lupin ascending
27:01
Speaker 1: the steps of the Hungarian restaurant at the corner of
27:04
Speaker 1: the Woue de Helder. The door of the restaurant was open,
27:08
Speaker 1: so that Sholmes, while sitting on a bench on the
27:10
Speaker 1: other side of the boulevard, could see Lupin take a
27:12
Speaker 1: seat at a table luxuriously appointed and decorated with flowers,
27:16
Speaker 1: at which three gentlemen and two ladies of elegant appearance
27:20
Speaker 1: were already seated, and who extended to Lupin a hearty greeting.
27:25
Speaker 1: Shulmes now looked about for the four men and perceived
27:28
Speaker 1: them amongst a crowd of people who were listening to
27:30
Speaker 1: a gipsy orchestra that was playing in a neighboring cafe.
27:34
Speaker 1: It was a curious thing that they were paying no
27:36
Speaker 1: attention to our San Lupin, but seemed to be friendly
27:39
Speaker 1: with the people around them. One of them took a
27:41
Speaker 1: cigarette from his pocket and approached a gentleman who wore
27:44
Speaker 1: a frock coat and silk hat. The gentleman offered the
27:47
Speaker 1: other his cigar for a light, and Shulms had the
27:50
Speaker 1: impression that they talked to each other much longer than
27:52
Speaker 1: the occasion demanded. Finally, the gentleman approached the Hungarian restaurant,
27:57
Speaker 1: entered and looked around. When he caught sight of Lupin,
28:01
Speaker 1: he advanced and spoke to him. For a moment, then
28:03
Speaker 1: took a seat at an adjoining table. Shulmes now recognized
28:08
Speaker 1: this gentleman as the horseman who had tried to run
28:10
Speaker 1: him down in the avenue he Riemartine. Then Shulmes understood
28:15
Speaker 1: that these men were not tracking Arsan Lupin. They were
28:19
Speaker 1: a part of his band. They were watching over his safety.
28:23
Speaker 1: They were his body guard, his satellites, his vigilant escort.
28:27
Speaker 1: Wherever danger threatened Loupin, these confederates were at hand to
28:31
Speaker 1: avert it, ready to defend him. The four men were accomplices.
28:37
Speaker 1: The gentleman in the frock coat was an accomplice. These
28:40
Speaker 1: facts furnished the Englishman with food for reflection. Would he
28:44
Speaker 1: ever succeed in capturing that inaccessible individual? What unlimited power
28:49
Speaker 1: was possessed by such an organization directed by such a chief?
28:54
Speaker 2: He tore a.
28:55
Speaker 1: Leaf from his note book, wrote a few lines in pencil,
28:58
Speaker 1: which he placed in an envelope, and said to a
29:00
Speaker 1: boy about fifteen years of age, who was sitting on
29:02
Speaker 1: the bench beside him, here, my boy, take a carriage
29:06
Speaker 1: and deliver this letter to the cashier of the Swiss
29:08
Speaker 1: tavern place to Chatelais.
29:10
Speaker 2: Be quick he.
29:11
Speaker 1: Gave him a five franc piece. The boy disappeared. A
29:15
Speaker 1: half hour passed away. The crowd had grown larger, and
29:19
Speaker 1: Shulms perceived only at intervals the accomplices of our sand Lupin.
29:23
Speaker 1: Then someone brushed against him and whispered in his ear.
29:27
Speaker 2: Well, what is it, monsieur Schomes. Ah, it is Ugeennimhard. Yes,
29:33
Speaker 2: I received, You're not at the tavern. What's the matter?
29:38
Speaker 2: He is there? What do you mean there in the restaurant?
29:42
Speaker 1: Lean to the right. Do you see him now? No,
29:46
Speaker 1: he is pouring a glass of champagne for the lady.
29:49
Speaker 2: That is not Lupin. Yes it is, but I tell you, Ah,
29:55
Speaker 2: Yet it may be. It looks a great deal.
29:58
Speaker 1: Like him, Saidjannimard naively.
30:01
Speaker 2: And the others accomplices.
30:05
Speaker 1: No, the lady sitting beside him as Lady Cliveden. The
30:08
Speaker 1: other is the Duchess de Clave, the gentleman sitting opposite
30:12
Speaker 1: Lupin as the Spanish ambassador to London. Jennimard took a
30:16
Speaker 1: step forward. Sholmes retained him, be prudent. You are alone,
30:21
Speaker 1: so is he? No, he has a number of men
30:24
Speaker 1: on the boulevard, mounting guard and inside the restaurant, that
30:28
Speaker 1: gentleman and I, when I take off a lupin by
30:31
Speaker 1: the collar and announce his name, I shall have the
30:34
Speaker 1: entire room on my side, and all the waiters. I
30:38
Speaker 1: should prefer to have a few policemen.
30:40
Speaker 2: But Monsieur Shelmes, we have no choice. We must catch
30:44
Speaker 2: him when we can. He was right.
30:47
Speaker 1: Sholmes knew it. It was better to take advantage of
30:50
Speaker 1: the opportunity and make the attempt. Shulmes simply gave this
30:54
Speaker 1: advice to Jeannimard. Conceal your identity as long as possible.
31:00
Speaker 1: Holmes glided behind a newspaper kiosk, whence he could still
31:03
Speaker 1: watch Loupan, who was leaning toward Lady Cliveden, talking and smiling.
31:08
Speaker 1: Jeannimrd crossed the street, hands in his pockets, as if
31:11
Speaker 1: he were going down the boulevard. But when he reached
31:13
Speaker 1: the opposite sidewalk, he turned quickly and bounded up the
31:16
Speaker 1: steps of the restaurant. There was a shrill whistle. Jannimrd
31:21
Speaker 1: ran against the head waiter, who had suddenly planted himself
31:23
Speaker 1: in the doorway, and now pushed Joannimrd back with a
31:26
Speaker 1: show of indignation, as if he were an intruder whose
31:29
Speaker 1: presence would bring disgrace upon the restaurant. JENNIMRD was surprised.
31:33
Speaker 1: At the same moment the gentleman in the frock coat
31:36
Speaker 1: came out. He took the part of the detective and
31:38
Speaker 1: entered into an exciting argument with the waiter. Both of
31:41
Speaker 1: them hung on to Jeannimard, one pushing him in, the
31:44
Speaker 1: other pushing him out in such a manner that, despite
31:46
Speaker 1: all his efforts, and despite his furious protestations, the unfortunate
31:51
Speaker 1: detective soon found himself on the sidewalk. The struggling men
31:55
Speaker 1: were surrounded by a crowd. Two policemen, attracted by the noise,
31:59
Speaker 1: tried to force their way through the crowd, but encountered
32:01
Speaker 1: a mysterious resistance and could make no headway through the
32:04
Speaker 1: opposing backs and pressing shoulders of the mob. But suddenly,
32:09
Speaker 1: as if by magic, the crowd parted and the passage
32:12
Speaker 1: to the restaurant was clear. The head waiter, recognizing his mistake,
32:16
Speaker 1: was profuse in his apologies. The gentleman in the frock
32:20
Speaker 1: coat seized his efforts on behalf of the detective. The
32:23
Speaker 1: crowd dispersed, the policemen passed on and Jannimard hastened to
32:27
Speaker 1: the table at which the six guests were sitting, but
32:30
Speaker 1: now there were only five. He looked around. The only
32:34
Speaker 1: exit was the door the person who was sitting here,
32:38
Speaker 1: He cried to the five astonished guests, where is he,
32:42
Speaker 1: Monsieur destro no a sain loopin. A waiter approached and said,
32:49
Speaker 1: the gentleman went upstairs. Jennimard rushed up in the hope
32:53
Speaker 1: of finding him. The upper floor of the restaurant contained
32:56
Speaker 1: private dining rooms and had a private stairway leading to
32:58
Speaker 1: the boulevard. No use looking for him, now, muttered Johnny
33:03
Speaker 1: mart He is far away.
33:05
Speaker 2: By this time.
33:09
Speaker 1: He was not far away, two hundred yards at most,
33:12
Speaker 1: in the Madeleine Bastille omnibus, which was rolling along very
33:16
Speaker 1: peacefully with its three horses across the Place des l'per
33:19
Speaker 1: toward the Boulevard des Capucins. Two sturdy fellows were talking
33:23
Speaker 1: together on the platform. On the roof of the omnibus.
33:26
Speaker 1: Near the stairs, an old fellow was sleeping. It was
33:29
Speaker 1: Herlock Shomes, with bobbing head rocked by the movement of
33:33
Speaker 1: the vehicle. The Englishman said to himself, if Wilson could
33:37
Speaker 1: see me now how proud he would be of his
33:39
Speaker 1: collaborator Bah. It was easy to foresee that the game
33:43
Speaker 1: was lost as soon as the man whistled. Nothing could
33:46
Speaker 1: be done but watched the exits and see that our
33:48
Speaker 1: man did not escape. Really, Lupin makes life exciting and interesting.
33:54
Speaker 1: At the terminal point, Herlock shomes by leaning over, saw
33:57
Speaker 1: ar San Lupin leaving the omnibus, and as he passed
34:01
Speaker 1: in front of the men who formed his bodyguard, Shoulmes
34:03
Speaker 1: heard him say a letoal an letoin exactly a rendezvous.
34:09
Speaker 1: I shall be there, thought Sholmes. I will follow the
34:13
Speaker 1: two men. Loupin took an automobile, but the men walked
34:17
Speaker 1: the entire distance, followed by Sholmes. They stopped at a
34:21
Speaker 1: narrow house number forty Rue Chalgrand and rang the bell.
34:26
Speaker 1: Sholmes took his position in the shadow of a doorway,
34:29
Speaker 1: whence he could watch the house in question. A man
34:32
Speaker 1: opened one of the windows of the ground floor and
34:34
Speaker 1: closed the shutters, but the shutters did not reach to
34:37
Speaker 1: the top of the window. The impost was clear. At
34:41
Speaker 1: the end of ten minutes, a gentleman rang at the
34:43
Speaker 1: same door, and a few minutes later another man came.
34:47
Speaker 1: A short time afterward, an automobile stopped in front of
34:49
Speaker 1: the house, bringing two passengers, Arsin Lupin and a lady
34:54
Speaker 1: concealed beneath a large cloak and a thick veil. The
34:57
Speaker 1: blond lady no doubt, said Shulms to himself. As the
35:01
Speaker 1: automobile drove away. Herlock Sholmes now approached the house, climbed
35:06
Speaker 1: to the window ledge, and by standing on tiptoe he
35:09
Speaker 1: was able to see through the window above the shutters.
35:12
Speaker 2: What did he see?
35:13
Speaker 1: Arsan Lupin, leaning against the mantel, was speaking with considerable animation.
35:19
Speaker 1: The others were grouped around him, listening to him attentively.
35:22
Speaker 1: Amongst them Shulms easily recognized the gentleman in the frock coat,
35:26
Speaker 1: and he thought one of the other men resembled the
35:28
Speaker 1: head waiter of the restaurant. As to the blond lady,
35:32
Speaker 1: she was seated in an arm chair with her back.
35:34
Speaker 2: To the window.
35:36
Speaker 1: They are holding a consultation, thought Sholmes. They are worried
35:39
Speaker 1: over the incident at the restaurant and are holding a
35:42
Speaker 1: council of war. Ah, what a master stroke it would
35:46
Speaker 1: be to capture all of them at one fell stroke
35:49
Speaker 1: one of them. Having moved toward the door, Shulms leaped
35:52
Speaker 1: to the ground and concealed himself in the shadow. The
35:55
Speaker 1: gentleman in the frock coat and the head waiter left
35:57
Speaker 1: the house. A moment later a light appeared at the
36:00
Speaker 1: windows of the first floor, but the shutters were closed immediately,
36:04
Speaker 1: and the upper part of the house was dark as
36:06
Speaker 1: well as the lower. Lupin and the woman are on
36:09
Speaker 1: the ground floor. The two confederates live on the upper floor,
36:12
Speaker 1: said Sholmes. Schalmes remained there the greater part of the night,
36:17
Speaker 1: fearing that if he went away, ar Saint Lupin might
36:19
Speaker 1: leave during his absence. At four o'clock, seeing two policemen
36:23
Speaker 1: at the end of the street, he approached them, explained
36:26
Speaker 1: the situation, and left them to watch the house. He
36:29
Speaker 1: went to Jennimard's residence in the Rue Pergolese and awakened him.
36:33
Speaker 1: I have him yet, said.
36:35
Speaker 3: Cholmes, al Saint Lupin, Yes, if you haven't got any
36:40
Speaker 3: better hold on him than you had a while ago,
36:42
Speaker 3: I might as well go back to bed, but we
36:45
Speaker 3: may as well go to the station house.
36:48
Speaker 1: They went to the police station in the Rue Messnille,
36:51
Speaker 1: and from there to the residence of the Commissary Monsieur
36:54
Speaker 1: de Contre. Then, accompanied by half a dozen policemen, they
36:58
Speaker 1: went to the Rue Chalgrand. Anything new, asked Sholmes, addressing
37:02
Speaker 1: the two policemen.
37:04
Speaker 2: Nothing.
37:05
Speaker 1: It was just breaking day when, after taking necessary measures
37:08
Speaker 1: to prevent escape, the Commissary rang the bell and commenced
37:12
Speaker 1: to question the concierge. The woman was greatly frightened at
37:15
Speaker 1: this early morning invasion, and she trembled as she replied
37:19
Speaker 1: that there were no tenants on the ground floor.
37:21
Speaker 2: Poor not a tenant, exclaimed Jeannie Mard. No, but on
37:27
Speaker 2: the first floor there are two men named la Rue.
37:30
Speaker 2: They have finished the.
37:31
Speaker 1: Apartment on the ground floor for some contry.
37:33
Speaker 3: Relations, A gentleman and lady. Yes, who came here last night, perhaps,
37:40
Speaker 3: but I don't know. I was asleep, but I don't
37:44
Speaker 3: think so. For the key is here.
37:46
Speaker 2: They did not ask for it.
37:48
Speaker 1: With that key, the Commissary opened the door of the
37:50
Speaker 1: ground floor apartment. It comprised only two rooms, and they
37:54
Speaker 1: were empty. Impossible, exclaimed Sholmes. I saw both of them
37:59
Speaker 1: in this room. I don't doubt your word, said the Commissary.
38:04
Speaker 1: But they are not here. Now, let us go to
38:07
Speaker 1: the first floor. They must be there.
38:10
Speaker 2: The first floor is occupied by two.
38:11
Speaker 1: Men named Le Roux. We will examine the monsieur's Le Roue.
38:16
Speaker 1: They all ascended the stairs and the commissary rang At
38:20
Speaker 1: the second ring. A man opened the door.
38:22
Speaker 2: He was in his shirt sleeves.
38:24
Speaker 1: Cholmes recognized him as one of Lupin's bodyguard. The man
38:27
Speaker 1: assumed a furious air. What do you mean by making
38:31
Speaker 1: such a row at this hour of the morning, waking
38:33
Speaker 1: people up? But he stopped, suddenly astounded. Don't forgive me, really, gentlemen,
38:40
Speaker 1: I didn't notice who it was. Why it is Monsieur
38:43
Speaker 1: de Contre and you, Monsieur Genimard.
38:46
Speaker 2: What can I do for you?
38:48
Speaker 1: Jeannie Mard burst into an uncontrollable fit of laughter, which
38:51
Speaker 1: caused him to bend double and turn black in the face. Ah,
38:56
Speaker 1: it is you, the Roue, he stammered.
38:59
Speaker 2: Oh this is too funny.
39:03
Speaker 3: L Rue, an accomplice of al San Lupin. I shall
39:08
Speaker 3: die and your brother LaRue, where is he?
39:14
Speaker 1: Edmund called the man. It is Jeannie Mard who has
39:17
Speaker 1: come to visit us. Another man appeared, and at sight
39:20
Speaker 1: of him, Jannimard's mirth redoubled.
39:23
Speaker 3: Oh, we had no idea of this. Oh, my fans,
39:28
Speaker 3: you're in a bad fix now.
39:30
Speaker 2: Who would have ever suspected it?
39:34
Speaker 1: Turning to Shulms, Jeannie Mard introduced the man.
39:37
Speaker 3: Victor LaRue, a detective from our office, one of the best.
39:42
Speaker 2: Men in the Iron Brigade.
39:44
Speaker 3: Edwin LaRue, chief clerk in the Anthropometric Service.
39:51
Speaker 1: End of chapter four,