Miss Nelly murmured:
"I shouldn't be surprised to hear that Arsene Lupin escaped from
the vessel during the voyage."
"Perhaps he preferred death to dishonor, and plunged into the
Atlantic rather than be arrested."
"Oh, do not laugh," she said.
Suddenly I started, and, in answer to her question, I said:
"Do you see that little old man standing at the bottom of the
gangway?"
"With an umbrella and an olive-green coat?"
"It is Ganimard."
"Ganimard?"
"Yes, the celebrated detective who has sworn to capture Arsene
Lupin. Ah! I can understand now why we did not receive any news
from this side of the Atlantic. Ganimard was here! and he always
keeps his business secret."
"Then you think he will arrest Arsene Lupin?"
"Who can tell? The unexpected always happens when Arsene Lupin is
concerned in the affair."
"Oh!" she exclaimed, with that morbid curiosity peculiar to women,
"I should like to see him arrested."
"You will have to be patient. No doubt, Arsene Lupin has already
seen his enemy and will not be in a hurry to leave the steamer."
The passengers were now leaving the steamer. Leaning on his
umbrella, with an air of careless indifference, Ganimard appeared
to be paying no attention to the crowd that was hurrying down the
gangway.
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