And that is all." "M.

Tabaret," said the magistrate, "your investigation is admirable; and I am persuaded your inferences are correct." "Ah!" cried Lecoq, "is he not colossal, my old Tirauclair ?" "Pyramidal!" cried Gevrol ironically.

"I fear, however, your well-dressed young man must have been just a little embarrassed in carrying a bundle covered with a snow white napkin, which could be so easily seen from a distance.
"He did not carry it a hundred leagues," responded old Tabaret.

"You may well believe, that, to reach the railway station, he was not fool enough to take the omnibus.

No, he returned on foot by the shortest way, which borders the river.