"Oh, I will tell you the reason of this melancholy mood!... You are on pretty intimate terms with Juve, are you not?"
"You have heard from him, Chief?"
"You are anxious, then?"
"No, no! Be easy!" smiled Monsieur Havard.
He caught Fandor by the lapel of his coat.
"Look here, my dear fellow! It is precisely because you and Juve are on such intimate terms—this friendship between you is a fine thing—that I should like you to use your influence with Juve."
"With Juve?"
"Yes. With Juve. You know how highly I esteem him? He is our best detective. Very well he is making a thorough mess of his career: he prevents his own promotion, because he is so obstinately set on searching for his elusive, fugitive, never-to-be-caught Fantômas!"
"I do not understand you, Chief."