“What do you mean?”

“There ... in the restaurant. Lean to the right.... Do you see him now?”

“No.”

“He is pouring a glass of champagne for the lady.”

“That is not Lupin.”

“Yes, it is.”

“But I tell you.... Ah! yet, it may be. It looks a great deal like him,” said Ganimard, naively. “And the others—accomplices?”

“No; the lady sitting beside him is Lady Cliveden; the other is the Duchess de Cleath. The gentleman sitting opposite Lupin is the Spanish Ambassador to London.”

Ganimard took a step forward. Sholmes retained him.

“Be prudent. You are alone.”