제목 : III. The Escape Of Arsene Lupin Page 02 of 14.작성자 : joker   

With the mechanical action of an habitual smoker, he placed the cigar close to his ear and squeezed it to make it crack. Immediately he uttered a cry of surprise. The cigar had yielded under the pressure of his fingers. He examined it more closely, and quickly discovered something white between the leaves of tobacco. Delicately, with the aid of a pin, he withdrew a roll of very thin paper, scarcely larger than a toothpick. It was a letter. He unrolled it, and found these words, written in a feminine handwriting:


"The basket has taken the place of the others. Eight out of ten are ready. On pressing the outer foot the plate goes downward. From twelve to sixteen every day, H-P will wait. But where? Reply at once. Rest easy; your friend is watching over you."


Mon. Dudouis reflected a moment, then said:


"It is quite clear....the basket....the eight compartments.... From twelve to sixteen mean from twelve to four o'clock."


"But this H-P, that will wait?"


"H-P must mean automobile. H-P, horsepower, is the way they indicate strength of the motor. A twenty-four H-P is an automobile of twenty-four horsepower."


Then he rose, and asked:


"Had the prisoner finished his breakfast?"


"Yes."


"And as he has not yet read the message, which is proved by the condition of the cigar, it is probable that he had just received it."


"How?"


"In his food. Concealed in his bread of in a potato, perhaps."


"Impossible. His food was allowed to be brought in simply to trap him, but we have never found anything in it."


"We will look for Lupin's reply this evening. Detain him outside for a few minutes. I shall take this to the examining judge, and, if he agrees with me, we will have the letter photographed at once, and in an hour you can replace the letter in the drawer in a cigar similar to this. The prisoner must have no cause for suspicion."


It was not without a certain curiosity that Mon. Dudouis returned to the prison in the evening, accompanied by Inspector Dieuzy. Three empty plates were sitting on the stove in the corner.


"He has eaten?"


"Yes," replied the guard.


"Dieuzy, please cut that macaroni into very small pieces, and open that bread-roll....Nothing?"


"No, chief."


Mon. Dudouis examined the plates, the fork, the spoon, and the knife--an ordinary knife with a rounded blade. He turned the handle to the left; then to the right. It yielded and unscrewed. The knife was hollow, and served as a hiding-place for a sheet of paper.


"Peuh!" he said, "that is not very clever for a man like Arsene. But we mustn't lose any time. You, Dieuzy, go and search the restaurant."


Then he read the note:


"I trust to you, H-P will follow at a distance every day. I will go ahead. Au revoir, dear friend."

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