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I did not see them.
I see what youre after at last, he said. He walked up the drive twice.
Most of that night I spent in my study working out my plans. There was first of all the cask. A cask had been sent me by Dupierre, and it was obvious I must return them an empty one against it or I would give myself away. Where was this empty one to come from?
Quite. I think a plausible motive might be built up. Next let us ask, When was the body put in the cask?
Yes, monsieur. I was there for nearly two years.
He reached the Gare du Nord at 5.45 p.m., and immediately drove to the S?ret. M. Chauvet was in his office, and Lefarge reported his movements since they parted.
An unfortunate omission. Now, tell me, where did you dine in town and spend the evenings?
I thank you.
Well, to proceed. As you have suggested, the first point is to ascertain if any one resembling the dead woman has disappeared recently. Your doctor says that she has been dead for a week or longer, but I do not think that we can confine our inquiries to that period only. She might have been kidnapped and held a prisoner for a considerable time previous to her death. I should say that it is not likely, but it may have happened.
This statement was not at all what La Touche had expected, and he was considerably puzzled.
The little group numbered five. There were the Chief, Felix, Burnley, Sergeant Kelvin, and another nondescript looking man. Burnley stepped forward.
Inspector Burnley stood gazing at the marks. It struck him they were very far apart for a ladder. He measured the distance between them and found it was fifteen inches. Ladders, he knew, are about twelve.
At what oclock did the cask leave here?
Burnley knelt down and, using the lens, began to push open the interstices of the pile. They were full of a curious kind of dust. He picked out some and examined it on his hand.
Thats all right. Would it be indiscreet to ask the reason of these queries?
No, I travelled in an ordinary first-class compartment.
Well, he said, thats all we can do in the meantime. A description of the men and cart will be wired round to all the stations immediately, and every constable in London will be on the look-out for them before very much longer.
Some fifty yards or more beyond the factory, on the opposite side of the street, there stood a caf. Entering in a leisurely way, Lefarge seated himself at a small marble-topped table in the window, from where he had a good view of the office door and yard gate of the works. Ordering another bock, he drew a newspaper from his pocket and, leaning back in his chair, began to read. He held it carefully at such a level that he could keep an eye over it on the works entrance, while at any moment raising it by a slight and natural movement would screen him from observation from without. So, for a considerable time he sipped his bock and waited.
Right.
Is that he, Charcot? he asked, pointing to a small, unhealthy looking fellow, with a short, untidy, white beard and moustache.
Well, I think thats all we want to know. Our best thanks, M. Boirac.