The chief-inspector seemed staggered:
“But you spoke to me of a man called Nicole, monsieur le secrétaire;-général.”
“Well?”
“The warrant is in the name of Arsène Lupin.”
“Arsène Lupin and the Nicole man are one and the same individual.”
FOOTNOTES:
[E] The department of the French excise which holds the monopoly for the manufacture and sale of tobacco, cigars, cigarettes and matches.—Translator’s Note.
[F] The cross of Lorraine is a cross with two horizontal lines or bars across the upper half of the perpendicular beam.—Translator’s Note.
CHAPTER XII
THE SCAFFOLD