"As you like, Juve."
"Only, remember this, my dear Josephine, if you are putting up a game on us you'll be sorry for it. There is a way, to be sure, in which you can prove your good faith. Be at Nogent Station at half-past one. If we find Loupart where you say he will be, we shall arrest him; if we don't find him——"
The detective paused, significantly.
"You will nab him. Only we mustn't look as if we met by appointment. No one must suspect that I gave you the tip."
Hereupon, Josephine started to go. Her man[oe]uvre had succeeded, and Loupart's business would go ahead safely. She turned at the door and nodded, looking at Fandor.
"Another thing; Loupart doesn't love you; you had better be on your guard."
Juve turned thoughtfully to Fandor:
"Strange! Is this woman playing with us, or is she in earnest, and how she looked at you when telling us to be on our guard!"