. Monsieur Lecoq & The honor of the name . for a hiding man on the highway; look a little aside, andyou may find him. Again he had accosted two who were to-gether in a cafe at Bougival, and had taken them aside. I havehim, he said to them. He is a smart fellow; he came byChatou. Three people have seen him—two railway porters anda third person whose testimony will be decisive, for she spoketo him. He was smoking. M. Daburon became so angry with old Tabaret that he im-mediately started for Bougival, firmly resolved to bring the toozealous man back to Paris, and to report his conduct in theproper
. Monsieur Lecoq & The honor of the name . for a hiding man on the highway; look a little aside, andyou may find him. Again he had accosted two who were to-gether in a cafe at Bougival, and had taken them aside. I havehim, he said to them. He is a smart fellow; he came byChatou. Three people have seen him—two railway porters anda third person whose testimony will be decisive, for she spoketo him. He was smoking. M. Daburon became so angry with old Tabaret that he im-mediately started for Bougival, firmly resolved to bring the toozealous man back to Paris, and to report his conduct in theproper quarter. The journey, however, was useless. M. Taba-ret, the cabriolet, the swift horse, and the twelve men had alldisappeared. On returning home, greatly fatigued, and verymuch out of temper, the investigating magistrate found the fol-lowing telegram from the chief of the detective force awaitinghim; it was brief, but to the point: Rouen, Sunday.—The man is found. This evening westart for Paris. The most valuable testimony. /^\N Monday morning, at nine oclock, M. Daburon was^^ preparing to start for the Palais de Justice, where heexpected to find Gevrol and his man, and perhaps old preparations were nearly made, when his servant announcedthat a young lady, accompanied by another considerably older, THE LEROUGE AFFAIR 853 asked to speak with him. She declined giving her name, say-ing, however, that she would not refuse it, if it was absolutelynecessary in order to be received. Show them in, said themagistrate. He thought it must be a relation of one or otherof the prisoners, whose case he had had in hand when this freshcrime occurred. At the sound of the opening of the door hecast a careless glance in the mirror. But he immediatelystarted with a movement of dismay, as if he had seen a ghost. Claire! he stammered, Claire!* And as if he feared equally either being deceived by an illu-sion, or actually seeing her whose name he had uttered, heturned slowly
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