It is a terrible war that goes on between him and the _haute ecole_ of crime in this country." "Tell me, Louis," I asked, "is Monsieur Myers' visit here to-night professional ?" "Monsieur has observation," Louis answered.

"Why not ?" "You mean," I asked, "that there are criminals--people under suspicion--" "I mean," Louis interrupted, "that in this room, at the present moment, are some of the most famous criminals in the world." A question half framed died away upon my lips.

Louis, however, divined it.
"You were about to ask," he said, "how I obtained my entry here.

Monsieur, one had better not ask.

It is one thing to be a thief.