"Besides, what else should I do?
If I name myself, the very people we are seeking to catch--who, you may be sure, will be the first to read this advertisement--will know that I, the great, the incomparable Hanaud, am after them; and I do not want them to know that.

Besides"-- and he spoke now in a gentle and most serious voice--"why should we make life more difficult for Mlle.

Celie by telling the world that the police want her?
It will be time enough for that when she appears before the Juge d'Instruction." Mr.Ricardo grumbled inarticulately, and read through the advertisement again.
"Besides, your description is incomplete," he said.

"There is no mention of the diamond earrings which Celia Harland was wearing when she went away." "Ah! so you noticed that!" exclaimed Hanaud.

"A little more experience and I should be looking very closely to my laurels.