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Arsène Lupin vs. Herlock Sholmes: The Extraordinary Adventures of Gentleman Thief


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murderer."

      "For what purpose?"

      "I do not know. But the fact that he did ring proves that he knew that the bell communicated with the servant's room. Now, who would know that, except an inmate of the house?"

      Ganimard was drawing the meshes of his net closer and tighter. In a few clear and logical sentences, he had unfolded and defined his theory of the crime, so that it seemed quite natural when the magistrate said:

      "As I understand it, Ganimard, you suspect the girl Antoinette Bréhat?"

      "I do not suspect her; I accuse her."

      "You accuse her of being an accomplice?"

      "I accuse her of having killed Baron d'Hautrec."

      "Nonsense! What proof have you?"

      "The handful of hair I found in the right hand of the victim."

      He produced the hair; it was of a beautiful blond color, and glittered like threads of gold. Charles looked at it, and said:

      "That is Mademoiselle Antoinette's hair. There can be no doubt of it. And, then, there is another thing. I believe that the knife, which I saw on my first visit to the room, belonged to her. She used it to cut the leaves of books."

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