제목 : III. The Escape Of Arsene Lupin Page 09 of 14.작성자 : joker   

But one of the guards then said:


"Yes, yes, I think it is he."


"What!" cried the judge, impatiently, "you *think* it is he! What do you mean by that?"


"Well, I saw very little of the prisoner. He was placed in my charge in the evening and, for two months, he seldom stirred, but laid on his bed with his face to the wall."


"What about the time prior to those two months?"


"Before that he occupied a cell in another part of the prison. He was not in cell 24."


Here the head gaoler interrupted, and said:


"We changed him to another cell after his attempted escape."


"But you, monsieur, you have seen him during those two months?"


"I had no occasion to see him. He was always quiet and orderly."


"And this prisoner is not Arsene Lupin?"


"No."


"Then who is he?" demanded the judge.


"I do not know."


"Then we have before us a man who was substituted for Arsene Lupin, two months ago. How do you explain that?"


"I cannot."


In absolute despair, the judge turned to the accused and addressed him in a conciliatory tone:


"Prisoner, can you tell me how, and since when, you became an inmate of the Prison de la Sante?"


The engaging manner of the judge was calculated to disarm the mistrust and awaken the understanding of the accused man. He tried to reply. Finally, under clever and gentle questioning, he succeeded in framing a few phrases from which the following story was gleaned: Two months ago he had been taken to the Depot, examined and released. As he was leaving the building, a free man, he was seized by two guards and placed in the prison-van. Since then he had occupied cell 24. He was contented there, plenty to eat, and he slept well--so he did not complain.


All that seemed probable; and, amidst the mirth and excitement of the spectators, the judge adjourned the trial until the story could be investigated and verified.


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The following facts were at once established by an examination of the prison records: Eight weeks before a man named Baudru Desire had slept at the Depot. He was released the next day, and left the Depot at two o'clock in the afternoon. On the same day at two o'clock, having been examined for the last time, Arsene Lupin left the Depot in a prison-van.


Had the guards made a mistake? Had then been deceived by the resemblance and carelessly substituted this man for their prisoner?


Another question suggested itself: Had the substitution been arranged in advance? In that event Baudru must have been an accomplice and must have caused his own arrest for the express purpose of taking Lupin's place. But then, by what miracle had such a plan, based on a series of improbable chances, been carried to success?

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