At the entrance to the garden, the man leapt to avoid a flower bed! the point of the foot, more deeply imprinted than usual, shows it.

He leapt more than two yards with ease, proving that he is active, and therefore young." Old Tabaret spoke in a low voice, clear and penetrating: and his eye glanced from one to the other of his auditors, watching the impression he was making.
"Does the hat astonish you, M.Gevrol ?" he pursued.

"Just look at the circle traced in the dust on the marble top of the secretary.

Is it because I have mentioned his height that you are surprised?
Take the trouble to examine the tops of the wardrobes and you will see that the assassin passed his hands across them.

Therefore he is taller than I am.
Do not say that he got on a chair, for in that case, he would have seen and would not have been obliged to feel.