Juve reflected a while, then added:
"Only it looks as if that accursed Josephine had put her friends up to the job."
At the St. Cloud gate the tram came to a stop and Juve got down, hailed a taxi, and told the driver:
"To Nogent Station and look sharp. I'm in a terrible hurry."
The driver nodded assent, Juve got in, and the vehicle started. The taxi had hardly been going five minutes when Juve became impatient.
"Go quicker, my man! Don't you know how to drive?"
The man replied, nettled:
"I don't want to get run in for breaking the regulations."
Juve laughed.
"Never mind the regulations, I'm from Police Headquarters."