"Really? What?"
"Lupin's old foster-mother."
"Victoire?"[F]
"She has been here since Mme. Sparmiento began playing the widow; she's the cook."
"Oho!" said M. Dudouis. "My congratulations, Ganimard!"
"I've something for you, chief, that's even better than that!"
M. Dudouis gave a start. The inspector's hand clutched his and was shaking with excitement.
"What do you mean, Ganimard?"
"Do you think, chief, that I would have brought you here, at this late hour, if I had had nothing more attractive to offer you than Sonia and Victoire? Pah! They'd have kept!"
"You mean to say ...?" whispered M. Dudouis, at last, understanding the chief-inspector's agitation.