Fandor, joining the crowd, was pushed close to the man, who quickly whispered:
"Idiot! Keep out of the Cité."
The owner of the gold piece was no other than the detective. Then, under cover of loud complaint, Juve muttered to Fandor, "Let him go! Watch the entrance to the Cité!"
"But," objected Fandor in the same key, "what if I lose sight of him?"
"No fear of that. The doctor's house is the second on the right." The hooligan, who had for a moment drawn near the crowd, was now heading straight for the Cité.
Juve went on: "In a quarter of an hour at the latest join me again, 27 Rue Victor Massé."
"And if Loupart should enter the Cité in the meantime?"
"Come straight back to me."
Fandor was moving off when Juve addressed him out loud: "Thank you, kind gentlemen! But as you are so charitable, give me something more for God's sake."
The other drew near the pretended beggar and Juve added: