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"Of course it was not you I know that very well," said Hanaud He

called for the bill "When is that paper published?"

"At seven," said Le it in the streets of Geneva, then, foriht

"By Heaven, that's clever!" he ely "There's a man

who gets ahead of me at every turn See, Lee shall be sent I let it be

known, I take careful pains to let it be known, that no , and here's the ainst and stop

Look!"

The murder at the Villa Rose and the mystery which hid its

perpetration had aroused interest This new development had

quickened it Fro about the boy and the white sheets of the newspapers in

the hands of passers-by

"Every one in Geneva or near Geneva will know of this e by

now"

"Who could have told?" asked Ricardo blankly, and Hanaud laughed

in his face, but laughed without any ht the bill, and just as

he had paid it the light of a nal!" said Lemerre

"Not too quickly," whispered Hanaud

With as much unconcern as each could counterfeit, the three men

descended the stairs and crossed the road Under the trees a

fourth hted his pipe