"Ah, no King of Spain affair?"
"No, no! Out of that I got this scar on my forehead."
"Well," cried the colonel, "it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good! You will get the cross all the quicker!"
Lieutenant de Loubersac smiled.
"My dear fellow, ... you know ... the vanished document!... It's extremely important—it will have to be found!"
"Good, Colonel!"
"Have you just now a particularly sharp agent?... Shrewd?"
"Yes, Colonel," said de Loubersac, after a moment's reflection.
"Who is he?"