I've been offered thousands of francs by women--women of your Grace's world and wealthy Viennese--to make them acquainted with Lupin," said Guerchard.
"You don't surprise me," said the Duke with his ironic smile.

"Women never do stop to think--where one of their heroes is concerned.

And did you do it ?" "How could I?
If I only could! If I could find Lupin entangled with a woman like Ganimard did--well--" said Guerchard between his teeth.
"He'd never get out of YOUR clutches," said the Duke with conviction.
"I think not--I think not," said Guerchard grimly.

"But come, I may as well get on." He walked across the turf to the foot of the ladder and looked at the footprints round it.

He made but a cursory examination of them, and took his way down the garden-path, out of the door in the wall into the space about the house that was building.