As he approached it, he saw, at some distance from him, a shadow that appeared to be moving away.
He did not stir, for fear of giving the alarm.
The shadow crossed a path. By the light of the moon, he seemed to recognize the black figure of Malreich.
He rushed forward.
The shadow fled and vanished from sight.
"Come," he said, "it shall be for to-morrow. And, this time. . . ."
Lupin went to Octave's, his chauffeur's, room, woke him and said:
"Take the motor and go to Paris. You will be there by six o'clock in the morning. See Jacques Doudeville and tell him two things: first, to give me news of the man under sentence of death; and secondly, as soon as the post-offices open, to send me a telegram which I will write down for you now. . . ."
He worded the telegram on a scrap of paper and added:
"The moment you have done that, come back, but this way, along the wall of the park. Go now. No one must suspect your absence."