"You see, Fandor, you must never swear to anything."
"Well, ain't we going to catch and arrest her?"
"Why? Do you think her being in this street is due to chance? Look, she is crossing; she is coming straight here. She is entering the house. I tell you in a few moments Josephine will have climbed my stairs and will be seated cosily in this armchair, which I get ready and set full in the light."
Fandor could not get over his astonishment.
"Did you make an appointment with her?"
"Not at all."
Jean, the detective's servant, came into the room and announced:
"There is a lady waiting in the sitting-room. She would not give her name."
"Show her in, Jean."
A few moments later Josephine entered.