. Monsieur Lecoq & The honor of the name . self at Bougival. He boasted that ineight days he should examine all the people round about. Onhis side M. Daburon promised to keep him advised of theleast evidence that transpired, and recall him. if by any chancehe should procure the papers of Widow Lerouge. To you, M. Tabaret, said the magistrate in conclusion,I shall be always at home. If you have any occasion to speakto me, do not hesitate to come at night as well as during theday. I rarely go out, and you will always find me either at myhome, Rue Jacob, or in my office at the Palais de Justice.
. Monsieur Lecoq & The honor of the name . self at Bougival. He boasted that ineight days he should examine all the people round about. Onhis side M. Daburon promised to keep him advised of theleast evidence that transpired, and recall him. if by any chancehe should procure the papers of Widow Lerouge. To you, M. Tabaret, said the magistrate in conclusion,I shall be always at home. If you have any occasion to speakto me, do not hesitate to come at night as well as during theday. I rarely go out, and you will always find me either at myhome, Rue Jacob, or in my office at the Palais de Justice. Iwill give orders for your admittance whenever you presentyourself. The train entered the station at this moment. M. Daburon,having called a cab, offered a seat to M. Tabaret. The oldfellow declined. It is not worth while, he replied, for Ilive, as 1 have had the honor of telling you, in the Rue , only a few steps from here. Till to-morrow, then! said M. Daburon. Till to-morrow, replied old Tabaret; and he added, Weshall \^ TABARETS house was in fact not more than four min-!»?»• utes* walk from the railway terminus of St. Lazare. Itwas a fine building carefully kepi, and which probably yieldeda fine income, though the , were not too high. The oldfellow found plenty of room in it. He occupied on the first floor, overlooking the street, some apartments, wellarranged and comfortably furnished, the principal of which was 672 THE LEROUGE AFFAIR his collection of books. He lived very simply from taste, aswell as habit, waited on by an old servant, to whom on greatoccasions the concierge lent a helping hand. No one in the house had the slightest suspicion of the avoca-tions of the proprietor. Besides, even the humblest agent ofpolice would be expected to possess a degree of acuteness forwhich no one gave M. Tabaret credit. Indeed, they mistook forincipient idiocy his continual abstraction of mind. It is truethat all who knew him remarked the sin
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