He appeared to have under his orders a dozen men, four of whom at least certainly belonged to the Rue de Jerusalem.

All the detectives had met him; and he had spoken to them.

To one, he had said: "What the deuce are you showing this photograph for?
In less than no time you will have a crowd of witnesses, who, to earn three francs, will describe some one more like the portrait than the portrait itself." He had met another on the high-road, and had laughed at him.
"You are a simple fellow," he cried out, "to hunt for a hiding man on the high-way; look a little aside, and you may find him." Again he had accosted two who were together in a cafe at Bougival, and had taken them aside.
"I have him," he said to them.

"He is a smart fellow; he came by Chatois.

Three people have seen him--two railway porters and a third person whose testimony will be decisive, for she spoke to him.