“Yes, you know him as one knows somebody whose history one has read.”
“Do you know him personally?”
“Yes.”
“Get out, you silly fool! Arsène Lupin is dead. He threw himself into the sea from a rock;[2] and you pretend that you know him?”
[2] 813. By Maurice Leblanc. Translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos.
“Yes.”
“Do you mean to say that you have met him since he died?”
“Yes.”
“By Jove! And Master Ya-Bon’s influence with Arsène Lupin is enough to make him come to life again and put himself out at a sign from Master Ya-Bon?”