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Now, remember, dont speak unless you are sure, he whispered.
And he didnt meet any one en route that you saw?
Yes. Some toff in blue clothes an a black beard came up an give im a paper, an when ed read it e calls out an sez, sez e, Elp me swing out this ere cask, e says. We elps im, an e puts it on a orse draya four-wheeler. An then they all goes off, im an the cove in the blue togs walkin together after the dray.
per X. X.,
Leaving the apothecary and waiter bowing and smiling as a result of their douceurs, La Touche turned his steps to the pier and took a river steamer to the Pont de lAlma. Walking up the Avenue, he rang at Boiracs and was soon closeted with Fran?ois in his little room.
As far as I am concerned, he said, I left here, as you appear, to know, almost immediately after the arrival of the cask and did not return till after one oclock. All of that time I was in the company of Dr. William Martin and a number of mutual friends. So I can prove an alibi.
The waiter, who up to then had been all smiles and amiability, flashed a suspicious little glance at the detective. He continued to smile politely, but Lefarge felt he had closed up like an oyster in his shell, and when he replied: I could not hear, monsieur. I was engaged with the service, the other suspected he was lying.
You cannot be more anxious to recover it than I am, for I want my money.
As he was returning to the city it occurred to him that perhaps the waiters impression was really correct and that Boirac had been in the caf on Monday afternoon instead of Tuesday. How was this point to be ascertained?
Here was news indeed! La Touche was now in no doubt about following up the matter. He must get all the information possible out of this girl. And the need for secrecy would make him stick to diplomacy.
Now, the caf in the Place de la Bastille. Which one was it?
I saw that difficulty, monsieur, admitted Lefarge, and I cannot explain it, though I would suggest it was for the same purpose as the false addressin some way to divert suspicion. But more than that, monsieur. We have evidence that the black-bearded man who met the cask on its various journeys was like Felix. But we have so far found no other black-bearded man in the entire case. It seems to me, therefore, it must have been Felix.
You hear that, said the Inspector, turning to the plain-clothes men. They have half an hours start. Try to get on their track. Try north and east first, as it is unlikely theyd go west for fear of meeting us. Report to headquarters.
That would do, sir, but the worst of it is I dont know my way about either in Paris or in a restaurant of that class.
And right you were, Mr. Broughton. Now, Mr. Harkness, I would be obliged if you would tell me what happened to you.
We shall send the pin over to Paris and see if that girl identifies it. Indeed, whether or not, I think we have a sufficient case against Felix to go into court. By the way, I dont think I told you I sent a man to his firm, the poster people, and found that he was absent on holidays during the week the cask was travelling backwards and forwards to Paris. This, of course, is not evidence against him, but it works in with our theory.
A wide brim? Not that I noticed. But it may have had.
Very good that, said the managing director.
Yes, he said, when he had looked over them, the cask sent to M. Boirac on the 27th of last month was returned here on the 1st instant.
Any clue? he asked, in a choking tone. Have you any clue to the villain who has done this?
Perhaps I had better begin by explaining our business to you. It is in reality three businesses carried on simultaneously by one firm. First, we make plaster casts of well-known pieces. They are not valuable and sell for very little. Secondly, we make monuments, tombstones, decorative stone panels and the like for buildings, rough work, but fairly good. Lastly we trade in really fine sculpture, acting as agents between the artists and the public. We have usually a considerable number of such good pieces in our showroom. It was one of these latter, a 1400 franc group, that was ordered by M. Felix.