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mademoiselle, several others

He had to wait only half an hour for her appearance He opened the door

and saw to it that she was co his cap

"What is it, François?"

"A gentleman offered me five hundred francs, Mademoiselle, if I would

permit him to hide in the car"

"Five hundred francs? To hide in the car? Why didn't you call the

police?"

"I started to, Mademoiselle, but he ran away"

"Oh! What was he like?" The prima donna dropped the bunch of roses on the

seat beside her

"Oh, he looked well enough He had the air of a gentleht hair and mustache But as I had never seen him before, and as

Mademoiselle wore soain?"

"Surely, Mademoiselle"

"The next time any one bothers you, call the police You have done well,

and I shall remember it Home"

The man in the Bavarian hat hurried back to the third car from the

limousine, and followed at a reasonably safe distance