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"Can I gain admittance by stealth or cunning?"
"Impossible."
"Then there is only one way open to me. I must have the owner of
the castle invite me to it."
"That is surely an original method."
"And how easy! Let us suppose that one day the owner receives a
letter warning him that a notorious burglar known as Arsene Lupin
is plotting to rob him. What will he do?"
"Send a letter to the Procureur."
"Who will laugh at him, *because the said Arsene Lupin is actually
in prison.* Then, in his anxiety and fear, the simple man will
ask the assistance of the first-comer, will he not?"
"Very likely."
"And if he happens to read in a country newspaper that a
celebrated detective is spending his vacation in a neighboring
town---"
"He will seek that detective."
"Of course. But, on the other hand, let us presume that, having
foreseen that state of affairs, the said Arsene Lupin has
requested one of his friends to visit Caudebec, make the
acquaintance of the editor of the `Reveil,' a newspaper to which
the baron is a subscriber, and let said editor understand that
such person is the celebrated detective--then, what will happen?"
"The editor will announce in the `Reveil' the presence in Caudebec
of said detective.
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