"Oh, I'm just going ... for a walk."
"All right, get your hat."
A few moments later the two men hailed a taxi and drove to 247 Rue de Monceau.
During the trip Juve pumped Wulf about his relations with Fandor, and it appeared that the latter had pursued the policy of making Wulf drunk upon every occasion. Doubtless, the detective reasoned, it was thus that Fandor was enabled to escape for an hour, during which time the substitution had been effected. Wulf explained how he had found the King near the fountains in the Place de la Concorde, and Juve realized that in some way or other the King and the fountains were mysteriously connected.
In his turn, Wulf plied Juve with questions as to what he had done during his stay at Glotzbourg.
What sort of welcome had he received from M. Heberlauf?
How had the arrest of Fantômas been effected?
How had the monster died?
The detective, naturally, had no intention of enlightening Wulf as to the truth.
He therefore answered in monosyllables, annoyed by the turn the conversation had taken. In fact, as the questions became more pressing, it flashed through Juve's mind that the stupid officer was actually beginning to suspect him of being Fantômas. As the taxi neared its destination Juve suddenly put his head out of the window and cried with an oath to the chauffeur: