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<p>“I came here about that terrible affair that occurred the other night just beyond the Barrière de Fontainebleau.”</p>
<p>“Eh! Why didn’t you say so at once? A messenger has been sent to the prefecture after you already. <abbr>M.</abbr> Segmuller has charge of the case, and he’s waiting for you.”</p>
<p>Doubt and perplexity were plainly written on Lecoq’s forehead. He was trying to remember the magistrate that bore this name, and wondered whether he was a likely man to espouse his views.</p>
<p>“Yes,” resumed the doorkeeper, who seemed to be in a talkative mood, “<abbr>M.</abbr> Segmuller⁠—you don’t seem to know him. He is a worthy man, not quite so grim as most of our gentlemen. A prisoner he had examined said one day: ‘That devil there has pumped me so well that I shall certainly have my head chopped off; but, nevertheless, he’s a good fellow!”</p>
<p>“Yes,” resumed the doorkeeper, who seemed to be in a talkative mood, “<abbr>M.</abbr> Segmuller⁠—you don’t seem to know him. He is a worthy man, not quite so grim as most of our gentlemen. A prisoner he had examined said one day: ‘That devil there has pumped me so well that I shall certainly have my head chopped off; but, nevertheless, he’s a good fellow!’ </p>
<p>His heart somewhat lightened by these favorable reports, Lecoq went and tapped at a door that was indicated to him, and which bore the number⁠—22.</p>
<p>“Come in!” called out a pleasant voice.</p>
<p>The young detective entered, and found himself face to face with a man of some forty years of age, tall and rather corpulent, who at once exclaimed: “Ah! you are Lecoq. Very well⁠—take a seat. I am busy just now looking over the papers of the case, but I will attend to you in five minutes.”</p>
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<p>“ ‘How long you were in coming!’ she murmured faintly.</p>
<p>“I was about to make some excuse, when she motioned me to pause, and ordered the women who surrounded her to leave the room.</p>
<p>“As soon as we were alone:</p>
<p>“ ‘You are an honest boy,’, said she, ‘and I am about to give you a proof of my confidence. People believe me to be poor, but they are mistaken. While my relatives were gayly ruining themselves, I was saving the five hundred louis which the duke, my brother, gave me each year.’</p>
<p>“ ‘You are an honest boy,’ said she, ‘and I am about to give you a proof of my confidence. People believe me to be poor, but they are mistaken. While my relatives were gayly ruining themselves, I was saving the five hundred louis which the duke, my brother, gave me each year.’</p>
<p>“She motioned me to come nearer, and to kneel beside her bed.</p>
<p>“I obeyed, and Mademoiselle Armande leaned toward me, almost glued her lips to my ear, and added:</p>
<p>“ ‘I possess eighty thousand francs.’</p>
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