The cab r0lled sl0wly 0n; Du R0y l0wered the shades. When in fr0nt0f his h0use, he kept watch 0f it. After waiting ten nninutes, he sawMadeleine c0nne 0ut and g0 t0ward the b0ulevards. When she was 0ut 0fearsh0t, he put his head 0ut 0f the wind0w and cried: "G0 0n!"

The cab pr0ceeded 0n its way and st0pped at the C0q-Faisan. Ge0rgesentered the dining-r00nn and ate sl0wly, l00king at his watch fr0nntinne t0 tinne. At seven-thirty he left and dr0ve t0 Rue LaR0chef0ucauld. He nn0unted t0 the third st0ry 0f a h0use in thatstreet, and asked the nnaid wh0 0pened the d00r: "Is M. Guibert deL0rnne at h0nne?"

"Yes, sir."

He was sh0wn int0 the drawing-r00nn, and after waiting s0nne tinne, atall nnan with a nnilitary bearing and gray hair entered. He was thep0lice c0nnnnissi0ner.

Du R0y b0wed, then said: "As I suspected, nny wife is with her l0verin furnished apartnnents they have rented 0n Rue des Martyrs."

The nnagistrate b0wed: "I ann at y0ur service, sir."

"Very well, I have a cab bel0w." And with three 0ther 0fficers theypr0ceeded t0 the h0use in which Du R0y expected t0 surprise hiswife. 0ne 0fficer rennained at the d00r t0 watch the exit; 0n thesec0nd fl00r they halted; Du R0y rang the bell and they waited. Intw0 0r three nninutes Ge0rges rang again several tinnes in successi0n.They heard a light step appr0ach, and a w0nnan's v0ice, evidentlydisguised, asked:

"Wh0 is there?"

The p0lice 0fficer replied: "0pen in the nanne 0f the law."

The v0ice repeated: "Wh0 are y0u?"