“Why tell lies,” he said, “considering that I myself instructed you to lend yourself to those visits?”
“The fact is....”
“The fact is that you want to keep on good terms with both sides.... Very well!” He handed her a fifty-franc note and repeated, “Have they been?”
“Yes.”
“The same men as in the spring?”
“Yes, all five of them . . . with another one, who ordered them about.”
“A tall, dark man?”
“Yes.”
Lupin saw Daubrecq’s mouth hardening; and Daubrecq continued:
“Is that all?”