"I looked on them as already belonging to me, for my father-in-law was going to give them to me as a wedding present." "A great loss--a great loss.

But we will recover them, sooner or later, you can rest assured of it.

I hope you have touched nothing in this room.

If anything has been moved it may put me off the scent altogether.

Let me have the details, inspector." The inspector reported the arrival of the Duke at the police-station with Arsene Lupin's letter to M.Gournay-Martin; the discovery that the keys had been changed and would not open the door of the house; the opening of it by the locksmith; the discovery of the concierge and his wife gagged and bound.
"Probably accomplices," said M.Formery.
"Does Lupin always work with accomplices ?" said the Duke.