“Quite easily. I have forgotten her name and address.”
“Thank you. And au revoir—for I will see you again, sometime, Monsieur Sholmes?”
“I have no doubt of it.”
Then followed an animated conversation between Sholmes and Ganimard, which was abruptly terminated by the Englishman, who said:
“I am very sorry, Monsieur Ganimard, that we cannot agree on that point, but I have no time to waste trying to convince you. I leave for England within an hour.”
“But ... the blonde Lady?”
“I do not know such a person.”
“And yet, a moment ago——”
“You must take the affair as it stands. I have delivered Arsène Lupin into your hands. Here is the blue diamond, which you will have the pleasure of returning to the Countess de Crozon. What more do you want?”
“The blonde Lady.”