25/27 He could only tell us that a motorist, who had stopped at the inn to get some supper, had called the soldiers in and insisted on standing them drinks. They had seemed a little fuddled before they left the inn, and the motorist had insisted on driving them to the chateau in his car. When the drug took effect he simply carried them out of it one by one, and laid them in the wood to sleep it off." "Lupin seems to have made a thorough job of it, anyhow," said the Duke. "Guerchard was sent down from Paris; but he could not find a single clue. It was not for want of trying, for he hates Lupin. |