"There is never any one in the park at that hour."
"Very well. I shall be there. You can go."
He sent him out through the door leading to the hall, and, returning to the waiting-room, called:
"The brothers Doudeville."
Two young men entered, a little overdressed, keen-eyed and pleasant-looking.
"Good morning, Jean. Good morning, Jacques. Any news at the Prefecture?"
"Nothing much, governor."
"Does M. Lenormand continue to have confidence in you?"
"Yes. Next to Gourel, we are his favorite inspectors. A proof is that he has posted us in the Palace Hotel to watch the people who were living on the first-floor passage at the time of Chapman's murder. Gourel comes every morning, and we make the same report to him that we do to you."
"Capital. It is essential that I should be informed of all that happens and all that is said at the Prefecture of Police. As long as Lenormand looks upon you as his men, I am master of the situation. And have you discovered a trail of any kind in the hotel?"