Lupin jumped when he saw it. It was addressed:

Monsieur de Beaumont, Michel.

“Oh,” he gasped, “a letter from Gilbert!”

It contained these few words:

“Help, governor!... I am frightened. I am frightened....”

Once again, Lupin spent a night alternating between sleeplessness and nightmares. Once again, he was tormented by atrocious and terrifying visions.

FOOTNOTES:

[B] See The Hollow Needle by Maurice Leblanc, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos, and later volumes of the Lupin series.

CHAPTER IV.

THE CHIEF OF THE ENEMIES