"A nice mess you've made of it!"
Wulf continued with an air of great importance:
"I can tell you something else, the King returns to Glotzbourg to-night, but before he goes we shall have the guilty person arrested."
A slight noise made Wulf turn his head and then give a loud cry.
Fandor had entered the room.
"Good God! Who is that?... the King?... No, it's not the King ... help! help!"
Wulf cast frightened glances to right and left and then made a dive for the door, slamming it behind him as he rushed out:
"I knew he was a fool," exclaimed Juve, "but I didn't know he was crazy besides. And to think he had Fantômas in his hands and let him go!"
The two men now reverted to their interrupted project and decided to pay their respective visits to Marie Pascal and Lady Beltham.