"No, it is not worth while. Return to the Prefecture and report to M. Havard."
When the two men had left, Fandor turned to Juve.
"What do you make of it?"
Juve shrugged his shoulders.
"Michel is an idiot. That house has two exits; one to the Boulevard, the other to waste ground that leads to the fortifications. The Superior, or Lady Beltham, goes there to change her dress, and then hastens to some prearranged meeting elsewhere. The house at Neuilly will bear watching."
XXIX
THROUGH THE WINDOW
"What a splendid fellow! One can count on him at any time. A friendship like his is rare and precious."
Fandor had just left Juve, and the detective could not help being strangely moved as he thought of the devotion shown him by the journalist.