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prett.v. far haired woman--.lor-
cnco Levasscur. ohv:ously-on the
DUAL de l'Horloga. They had both
rot ;rto the motor bus that runs
from the Place Ca;nt-Michel to
the Care Saint-i-azare.
Don Luis went back TO a lonely
little street where he had left his
car M the charge of a boy. BE
set tnG engine going and drove at
fui; speed to the Care Saint
La2a.e. From the omnibus shelter
he went Off or a fresh track which
also proved 10 be wrong, lost quite
another hour. returned to the ter
minus. and ended by learning for
certain that Florence had stepped
by herself into a motor bus which
would take he" toward the Place
du Paiais-Bourbom Contrary to
all expectations, therefore, the
girl must have gone home.
The thought of seeing her again
reused his anger 10 its highest
pitch. All the way down the Rue
Royale and cross the Place dc La
Concorde he kept blurting out
words of revenge and threats
which he was itching to carry out.
He would abusc Florence. He
would sting her with his insults.
He felt a bitter and painful need
to hurt the odious creature.
But on reaching the Place Gu
Palais- bourbon he pulled up short.
HIS practicel eye had counted at
a glance, OF the right and left, ii
half dozen men whose professional
look there was no installing. And
Mazcroux. who mad caught sight
OF him, had spun round ON his heel
and was hiding under a gateway.
He called nina:
"MazcroIix!N
The sergeant appeared greatly
surprised to hear his name and
came up to the cay.
"Hullo, the chief"
His face expressed such embar-
basement that Don Luis felt his
fears taking definite shape.
''Look here. is ii for ME that
you and Your mch are hanging
about outside of my housc?'
''Thcre s a notion, chief" re
piled MazcrouS. looking very I'M
comfortable. You know that
you're ia favor all right
Don Luis gave a start. He uri-
derstoou. Mazeroux had be
trayed his confidence. To obey his
scruples of conscience as we'll as
to rescue the chief from the dan
gers of a fatal passion, MazcrouX
had denounced Florence Levas-
seur.
Perenna elencheS his fists in
an effort OF his whole being to
stifle his boiling rage. 1t was a
terrible blow. He received a sud
den intuition o. all the plumbers
which his mad jealousy had made
him commit since the day before,
and a presentiment of the IRE
parable disasters that might re-
suit from them. The conduct of
events was slipping from him.
"Have you the Warrants" he
asked.
Mazeroux spluttered:
cit was quite by accident. |
met the project, who was back.
We spoke of the young lady's
business. Ara, as it happened,
they had discovered that the pho
tograph-you know, the photo
graph of Florence Levasseur
which the project lent you-well,
they have discovered that you
faxed it. And then when / men
toned the name of Florence, the
prefect remembered that that was
the name"
",Have you the warrant" Don
Luis repeated. in a harsher tone.
SWELL, you see, l couldn't help
it. NJ. Desmalions, the,
maglstrate-
If the Place du Palais-Bourbon
had been deserted at that moment.
Don Luis would certainly have re-
lieved himself by a swinging blow
administered to Mazeroux S chin
according to the most scientific
rules of the noble art. And Maze
rouz foresaw this contingency, for
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