"It seems to me that I have heard the name, but I can't remember where." "He is an extraordinary man!" exclaimed Lecoq.

"He was formerly a clerk at the Mont de Piete," added Gevrol; "but he is now a rich old fellow, whose real name is Tabaret.

He goes in for playing the detective by way of amusement." "And to augment his revenues," insinuated the commissary.
"He ?" cried Lecoq.

"No danger of that.

He works so much for the glory of success that he often spends money from his own pocket.