"If anyone questions you as you pass through, say you are going to Omareille, the decorator's; you'll find me on the stairs."
Some moments later the little crowd had melted away and a policeman, arriving as usual too late, wondered what had been going on.
Fandor carried out Juve's instructions to the letter. Hiding behind a sentry box he kept an eye on the doctor's house, but nothing out of the way happened. Loupart had vanished, although he was probably not far away. When the fifteen minutes were up Fandor left his post and entered No. 27 Rue Victor Massé. As he reached the third floor he heard Juve's voice:
"Is that you, lad?"
"Yes."
"The porter didn't question you?"
"I've seen no one."
"All right, come up here."
Juve was seated at a hall window examining Doctor Chaleck's house through a field glass.
"You've not seen Loupart go in?" he inquired as Fandor joined him.