20/27 It must have made your father laugh." "Laugh ?" said Germaine. "You should have seen his face. He took it seriously enough, I can tell you." "Not to the point of forwarding the things to Batignolles, I hope," said the Duke. "And since the police had always been baffled by Lupin, he had the brilliant idea of trying what soldiers could do. The Commandant at Rennes is a great friend of papa's; and papa went to him, and told him about Lupin's letter and what he feared. |