The detective opened his table drawer and drew out several photographs. "Look at those!"
One by one Tignol studied the photographs. "It's the man we arrested, all right—without the beard."
"It's the Baron de Heidelmann-Bruck," said Coquenil.
Tignol gazed at the pictures with a kind of fascination.
"How many millions did you say he has?"
"A thousand—or more."
"A thousand millions!" He screwed up his face again and pulled reflectively on his long red nose. "And I put the handcuffs on him! Holy camels!"
Coquenil lighted another cigarette and breathed in the smoke deeply.
"Aren't you smoking too many of those things? That makes five in ten minutes."
M. Paul shrugged his shoulders. "What's the difference?"